Nothing is more rewarding than those very special places on earth which are hard to get to. Antarctica is surely one of them.
Similarly Gosses Bluff in the Northern Territory (West McDonell Range) is one of those special places. Too magnificent to be captured on camera.
140 Million years ago, this massive meteorite crater formed a huge mountain range in an otherwise completely flat area in the Southern Northern Territory. It is almost perfectly circular and well worth the 30 min off-road track (only for serious 4WD’s). Not many visit this spot for the same reason – it is almost impossible (and dangerous) to get there even with 4WD.
Fortunately it was the rainy season when we visited this place and it created a beautifully and lush oasis in the centre of the crater.
The forces that were at work here (100 million times the power of the hiroshima bomb) were most likely enough to have created an ice age on planet earth.
The following shot is an 8 shot Pano stitched in AutoPano Giga.
And here is a satellite view of the very same place. Mother Nature is truly incredible!
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I always like nature photography as it has so many nice colors.Its good to see that satellite view of that place.You have given good information about that place.Thank you very much for this good post.