After the Rain - Uluru Photograph by Lexa Harpell

After the Rain - Uluru

by Lexa Harpell

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Title

After the Rain - Uluru

Artist

Lexa Harpell

Medium

Photograph - Photographs

Description

After the Rain - Uluru by Lexa Harpell.

Only one percent of visitors get to see rain over Uluru - and fortunately, I was one of that 1%!
Uluru majestically sits in the middle of Australia with a dry desert climate, surrounded by hundreds of kilometers of flat land. So rain is quite rare.

It's a long drive from anywhere in Australia, the nearest town is 500kms away. Yet thousands of tourists flock to see this incredible monolith rise out of the earth year round.

Two days out from driving to Uluru, I heard on the radio it was raining on 'The Rock' to the delight of the current visitors. So I decided to drive straight through hoping it would rain the next day. Arriving late afternoon it was overcast, then just as the sun set, it began to rain with five hours of lightening across the landscape during the night.
By morning, the rain had stopped, mist covered the top of Uluru and small waterfalls formed down the face of Uluru. I was very excited to witness this rare occurance.

Two days later, the weather was back to brilliant sunshine and clear skies.

Uluru is probably the most photographed 'rock' and the most recognisable natural landmark in Australia. A UNESCO World Heritage Listed site for its natural and cultural benefits to humanity.

The fascination to 'the rock' is for the ever changing colours with the sun and weather. Hoards of people gather to photograph its incredible sunsets from this vantage point.

The colours change from vivid orange to purple hues within moments as the sun sets and the light disappears from The Rock until the next day.

Named Ayes Rock by early explorers - the traditional landowners called it Uluru. We now have a dual name for this rock.

This monolith sits almost in the middle of Australia in the Northern Territory - rising 1,142 feet above the desert floor - with a circumference of 9.4 km - measures 3.6 km long and 2.4 km wide. Another 2.5kms of the rock sits underground!

It seemingly appears from the middle of nowhere, surrounded by flat desert floor. Kata Tjuta (another incredible rock formation) lies about 50kms from Uluru.

'Uluru is sacred to the Pitjantjatjara Anangu, the Aboriginal people of the area. The area around the formation is home to an abundance of springs, waterholes, rock caves and ancient paintings.
Uluru is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Uluru and Kata Tjuta, also known as the Olgas, are the two major features of the Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park'.* wikipedia...

The surface oxidisation creates a bright orange appearance due to the high iron content in the rock.

Originally, the 'rock' was formed with horizontal layers of fine sand around 600million years ago. During this period the earth folded creating 'mountains' - the sandstone layers now sit almost vertically. So it had been pushed on its side- of sorts.