Kanku Breakaways Landscape
by Lexa Harpell
Title
Kanku Breakaways Landscape
Artist
Lexa Harpell
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
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Kanku Breakaways Landscape by Lexa Harpell.
A sweeping sunrise view of part of the Kanku Breakaways Conservation Park in South Australia. It has some of the most fascinating landscape and rock formations I've seen.....to date.
The large rock formation on the left is called Kanku Pulka which comes to life at sunset. The next is called Kalaya (Emu), then the two bright white and golden formations is called Papa Kutjara (Two Dogs).
From multi colours sandstone mesa rock formations to spongy moon plains to landscapes that glisten in the sun from selenite scattered across the landscape of brownish moss green.
This lunar type landscape was formed when the water evaporated from a large inland sea, exposing the seafloor and mesa topped sandstone and ironstone 'islands'.
The late afternoon sun intensifies the rich vibrant sandstone on the mesas. The multi colours comes from the ironstone capped mesas, leaching of iron which rusts the softer sandstone below.
Kanku Breakaways is about 35 kms from the quirky mining town of Coober Pedy in Outback South Australia.
*An utterly fascinating place where movies such as Mad Max and Priscilla Queen of the Desert have been filmed.
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June 14th, 2021
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