25°20'36.3"S 131°02'12.6"E
Uluru, Northern Territory, Australia
Seeing the interplay between sunlight and the surface of Uluru at sunset is one of the most amazing things you’ll ever see in your life. There’s absolutely no doubt. Uluru is pure magic.
Uluru rises 348 meters above the plain and more than 860meters above sea level.
It is unique, majestic, beautiful, and has something incredibly powerful and intangible about it. To feel it, you need to meet two conditions. Be there on the ground and have an open mind to the experience that is Uluru. And make no mistake, the rock is mystical.
Archaeological evidence proves that Aboriginal people have lived in Central Australia for at least 30,000 years.
Kata Tjuta is a Pitjantjatjara word and apparently means ‘many heads’ which makes a lot of sense when you see it. The domes of Kata Tjuta lie approximately 50 kilometers by road or 32 kilometers if you were to walk it in a straight line from Uluru.
The intense red colour of Uluru is due to the oxidization or the rusting of the minerals containing iron – a natural process that takes thousands of years – but underneath the red is grey composite that hasn’t been in any contact with the atmosphere.
Uluru tends to change colour as it’s being hit with different types of light. It’s an incredibly beautiful spectacle that’s best experienced from a distance.
It was impossible for me not to photograph this place. Everywhere I looked I saw something amazing, something worth capturing. With the quality of light and the clarity of the atmosphere in that part of Australia the entire National Park is a dream location for any photographer.
