Wednesday, March 25, 2009

My love of ......


( --- posted by Linh Phung 馮玉玲 on Mar 25, '09 )

Nature photographing of Australia: Ayers Rock, Alice Springs, Painted Desert, Gawler Range, Hallet Cove Conservation Park, Kangaroo Island, Coober Pedy, Murray River, Mt Dundenong, Tasmania...

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  1. Believe it or not, I put it in measurement and really Nature is my big love.

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  2. Uluru is one of Australia's most recognizable natural icons. The world-renowned sandstone formation stands 348 m (1,142 ft) high (863 m/2,831 ft above sea level) with most of its bulk below the ground, and measures 9.4 km (5.8 mi) in circumference.

    Uluru is an inselberg, literally "island mountain", an isolated remnant left after the slow erosion of an original mountain range. Uluru is also often referred to as a monolith, although this is a somewhat ambiguous term because of its multiple meanings, and thus a word generally avoided by geologists. The remarkable feature of Uluru is its homogeneity and lack of jointing and parting at bedding surfaces, leading to the lack of development of screen slopes and soil. These characteristics led to its survival, while the surrounding rocks were eroded. For the purpose of mapping and describing the geological history of the area, geologists refer to the rock strata making up Uluru as the Mutitjulu Arkose, and it is one of many sedimentary formations filling the Amadeus Basin.

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