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More photos of the raw beauty of Piccaninny Creek.
“The Bungle Bungle Mountains are an unusual and very dramatic plateau of Devonian quartz sandstone, created through a complex process of sedimentation, compaction, uplift (caused by the collision of Gondwanaland and Laurasia approximately 300 million years ago and the convergence of the Indo-Australian Plate and the Pacific Plate 20 million years ago), as well as long periods of erosion.
The Bungle Bungle landscape comprises a mass of beehive-shaped towers with regularly alternating, dark grey bands of cynobacterial crust (single-cell photosynthetic organisms).
The plateau is dissected by 100-200 m deep, sheer-sided gorges. The cone-towers are steep-sided, with an abrupt break of slope at the base and have domed summits. Their surface is fragile but stabilized by crusts of iron oxide and bacteria. They provide an outstanding example of land formation by dissolutional weathering of sandstone, with removal of sand grains by wind, rain and sheet wash on slopes.
The Bungle Bungle Range is one of the most extensive and impressive occurrences of sandstone tower karst in the world”
Source: Advisory Body Evaluationhttp://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1094
| Brand: | nikon CORPORATION |
| Camera: | Nikon D90  Check out Nikon Nation! |
| Lens: | AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6G ED  Check out Nikon Nation! |
| Recording media: | JPEG (digital) |
| Date Taken: | 6 Jun 2012 - 11:29 AM |
| Focal Length: | 16mm |
| Lens Max Aperture: | f/3.5 |
| Aperture: | f/16.0 |
| Shutter Speed: | 1/80sec |
| Exposure Comp: | -1/3 |
| ISO: | 200 |
| Exposure Mode: | Aperture-priority AE |
| Metering Mode: | Multi-segment |
| Flash: | No Flash |
| White Balance: | Auto |
| Title: | PURNULULU NATIONAL PARK - TRAIL #5 |
| Username: | 
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| Uploaded: | 25 Sep 2012 - 8:19 AM |
| Tags: | Australia, BUNGLE BUNGLE RANGE, EAST KIMBERLEY, Landscape / travel, ORD REGION, PICCANINNY TRAIL, Purnululu national park, Western australia |
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A good reflection here, Jean-Noel. Two images that focus on the strata, nothing to choose between them.
Dave
Once again Jean, you have provided me with a wealth interesting and informative facts regarding this what can only be described as a most wonderful place. The two images instantly reminded me of 'Bouffant hair styles, famous during the sixties'.
Regards Nathan
Wonderful clarity and colours and fascinating rock formations
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