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Diapositiva realizada con la cámara analógica Nikon FE2 en 2005, y escaneada posteriormente.
I've been away for a week with my daughter and lovely new baby granddaughter so I thought I'd post another of my photo's from last year. I love this image of Uluru in the early morning sun with the spinifex grass also catching the sun in the fore and middle ground.
6 photo panorama taken in the late afternoon. Last year in June people were still allowed to climb Uluru. Bus loads of tourists would arrive to do the climb.
Plenty of detail in this panorama. It was taken about half a kilometre south of the designated sunset viewing area. The trouble with that viewing area is that you couldn't avoid having some trees block the orange monolith. Plus you had to arrive at the viewing area early to get a parking spot.
By the way, distance to Uluru is about 2 km from where I took the panorama.
I visited Uluru for three consecutive days to finally get this shot. I walked into the red desert chasing some sort of symmetry to the rock till I found this spot. There was no signs of human life for a few kilometers, just some curious lizards, snakes and silence. I could only try to recreate that moment in this picture, but I know I never will.
Photo specs:
6x portrait RAW images stitched together in PS CC.
Lens: Canon 70-200 F.2.8
Camera: Canon 6D
Focal Length: 70mm
Shutter Speed: 1/6
Aperture: f/25
Todays theme is Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park in the Northern Territory of Australia. At 348m high, Uluṟu is one of the world’s largest monoliths, towering over the surrounding landscape and some 550 million years old. Made of sandstone, Uluṟu is often referred to as the heart of the ‘Red Centre’ and is one of Australia’s most recognisable landmarks.
Uluru - Ayers Rock just after sunset
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Uluru is notable for appearing to change colour at different times of the day and year, most notably when it glows red at dawn and sunset. I took this shot a short time before sunset.
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Uluru is probably Australia’s best-known natural landmark. It is about 3.6 Km long and 1.9 Km wide, with a circumference of 9.4 Km. The surface is made up of valleys, ridges, caves and weird shapes that were created through erosion over millions of years. Surface oxidation of its iron content gives the would-be grey Uluru a striking orange-red hue. Uluru changes colour during sunset, making it a photographer's dream come true.
Uluru Kata-Tjuta National Park, Northern Territory, Australia. You'll never never know if you never ever go.
From a distance Uluru looks like a big red mountain of rock. It's a different story at close quarters, on previous visits I had taken a walking tour around the base with a wonderful guide who told us Aboriginal stories associated with the Rock.
On this my second visit I went with an Aboriginal guide who took us on a bus tour, showed us different places and shared different stories. I had never imagined there would be a waterhole hidden away in the folds of the rock. I took this photo at Mutitjulu Waterhole where we stopped, and the guide told us stories from The Dream Time; the creation time when The Rainbow Serpent brought life and every living thing to the Earth. dreamtime.net.au/rainbow-serpent-story/
Uluru (Ayers Rock) at sunset time.
I am fully aware that millions of photos of this Australian landmark have already been taken. And of course many of them are more spectacular than this one. But nevertheless, it is a great experience to travel to this place and wait for the sunset (of course there a lot of other people doing the same, one is definitely not alone). It was a hot evening with clear sky and a wonderful sunset.
Many thanks for your visits / comments / faves!
Uluru - Ayers Rock. Sunrise 6:22am.
Uluru is 348mts (1,142feet) high and is 9.4kms (5.8miles) in circumference.
Like the Kata Tjuta - The Olgas which are nearby, you don't realise how big it is until you see it in person.
In comparison, the Eiffel Tower is 324mts high.
Most of the rock is underground and standing on its end and it is thought that maybe as much as 5kms may be underground!
Warning : ALL RIGHTS RESERVED : do not use my images without my EXPLICIT permission
I liked the starkness of the dead trees set in a sea of spinifex grass against the dark mass of Uluru.
Uluru is probably Australia’s best-known natural landmark. It is about 3.6 Km long and 1.9 Km wide, with a circumference of 9.4 Km. The climb to the top is 1.6 Km, much of which is at a steep angle, while the summit is generally flat. The surface is made up of valleys, ridges, caves and weird shapes that were created through erosion over millions of years. Surface oxidation of its iron content gives the would-be grey Uluru a striking orange-red hue. Uluru changes colour during sunset, making it a photographer's dream come true.
Uluru Kata-Tjuta National Park, Northern Territory, Australia. You'll never never know if you never ever go.
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Uluru - Ayers Rock just after sunset
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I've not seen many black and white shots of Uluru - mainly I reckon because the colours of the rock are one of the attractions but I love the clouds here - almost like they're embossed.
The Field of Light art installation, a global phenomenon by internationally acclaimed artist Bruce Munro, has come ‘home’ to the place that inspired it - Uluru. More than 50,000 slender stems crowned with frosted-glass spheres bloom as darkness falls over Australia’s spiritual heartland.
Uluru - Ayers Rock. Sunset
Uluru is 348mts (1,142feet) high and is 9.4kms (5.8miles) in circumference.
Like the Kata Tjuta - The Olgas which are nearby, you don't realise how big it is until you see it in person.
In comparison, the Eiffel Tower is 324mts high.
Most of the rock is underground and standing on its end and it is thought that maybe as much as 5kms may be underground!
Warning : ALL RIGHTS RESERVED : do not use my images without my EXPLICIT permission
Uluru is better known as Ayers Rock; it named by William Gosse in 1873 after Sir Henry Ayers. Uluru is the Aboriginal and official name
The rock was created over some 600 million years, and the Aborigines have been in the area for the last 10,000 years. It originally sat at the bottom of a sea, but today stands 348m above ground. One of the most startling Uluru facts however, is that some 2.5kms of its bulk is underground.
The suns rays just appearing over the awesome and majestic red rock that is Uluru. The Spinifex grass in the foreground moves like water in the breeze, beautiful.
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Nikon D300s ---- ISO 200 - 1/500 - f 5,6
** In Explore January 20, 2010 - Highest position # 110 **
We have just returned from a wonderful trip to Australia. For a month, we had the privilege of exploring part of this vast country, photographing its amazing wildlife, especially birds, and enjoying its beautiful landscapes.
To our friends Kevin and Karen in Melbourne, John and Leoni in Mount Barker (Adelaide Hills), and Colin in Brisbane, our heartfelt thanks for their valuable help. To all of you, our sincere gratitude.
View of Uluru from the Sunset point.
Ayers Rock - Red Centre - Northern Territory - Australia
Sunrise with Uluru (aka Ayers Rock), Australia's incredible sandstone monolith in the red center of the continent. Thirty minutes before sunrise, the clouds were already showing off some color. It turned into stunning color about ten minutes before sunrise. I couldn't believe what we were witnessing on a family vacation (2019) at one of the world's natural wonders!
Our galactic core rises in the night sky at Uluru (Ayer's Rock), Northern Territory, Australia.
One of the last places on earth where you can take a commercial flight to see the unpolluted night sky, even as you step off the plane.
Jupiter shines brightly in the upper left-center of this shot.
Straight from the camera - crop only.