Storm on the Rock
by John Clemens
This is a photograph of Uluru, in the Northern Territory of Australia, on a hot and humid summer afternoon. As lightning flashed about, torrential rains swept across the landscape and silver rivulets of water began to rush down the sides of the mountain. Uluru is made of red-coloured Proterozoic arkosic sandstones. However, on rare days such as this, the storm clouds and moisture in the atmosphere filter out much of the red end of the light spectrum and make the rock appear purple.
Taken on 16
December
2014
Submitted on 01 March 2016
Featured on GeoLog, the official blog of the European Geosciences Union
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- Oceania (216)
- Australia and New Zealand (203)
- Australia (87)
- Exact location (131.0361 E, -25.3450 S)
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Credit: John Clemens (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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