Wow! That's was my first impression when I saw the satellite photo from Ayers Rock / Uluru, a red sandstone rock formation from central Australia. The rock is 346 metres high and has a perimeter of 8 km.
Ayers Rock appears to change colour around the day and year, as you can see in the photos from the mini-panoramio above. That's because of minerals like feldspar reflect the red light of sunrise and sunset. The rock gets its rust colour from oxidation and during wet periods it changes to grey.
There is a lot of superstition around Ayers Rock. Aborigines do not climb Ayers Rock because of spiritual significance, there are restricted areas for photos and you are supposed to suffer misfortune if you take away stones from the area.
THERE IS A PLACE IN MEXICO, IT IS BACALAR IN THE STATE OF QUINTANA ROO, WHERE VOU CAN FIND A LAGOON CALLED "LAGOON OF THE SEVEN COLORS" THATS BECAUSE TROUGH THE DAY IT TAKES DIFERENTS BLUE TONES.FIND IT YOU LL ENJOY. THANKS
ReplyDeleteI was once in Lagos de Montebello, each one has a different colour, but I never saw that lake.
ReplyDeleteDo you have any photo of that lake? Maybe you can upload it to Panoramio.
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