Uluru sunrise

Uluru / Ayer’s Rock is the most widely recognizable natural landmark in Australia, situated in a remote area in the middle of the continent close to the ‘Red Centre’ of the Northern Territories. This massive sandstone rock formation has a perimeter of aprox. 10 km (6 miles) and three quarters of its mass is beneath ground level. It takes 3-4 hours to walk around the base, climbing onto the rock has been recently prohibited.

Though the omnipresence of this massive formation is impressive any time of day, the sunrise and sunset views are spectacular with the rock appearing slowly out of the early morning darkness or disappearing in the evening sunset. This photo was taken about 40km due west from the Kaja Tjuta Dunes viewing area around 6am.

I traveled to this area in April 2021, aptly bracketing Earth Day and due to the pandemic border closures there were very few visitors so access was unfettered.