Uluru (Ayers Rock)
Rising from the red desert of Central Australia is a monolith impossible to miss — 348 meters high, 9 kilometers in circumference, a single rock without cracks or layers. Uluru (Europeans called it Ayers Rock) isn't merely a geological attraction. For the Anangu Aboriginal people, this is a sacred place, the center of their spiritual world for 30,000 years. And when you stand before this mass at sunset, as the stone changes color from orange to blood red, you understand: there's something here greater than just a beautiful landscape.
Geology and Spirituality
Uluru is the tip of an iceberg. U...