As previously noted, Mt Sonder is relatively modest in altitude and bulk, but it is particularly beautiful, especially when the sun is not too high in the sky.
What makes it even more beautiful – and this true of almost every mountain, hill, gorge and creek in and around the MacDonnell Ranges – is the fact that it sits within such beautifully-vegetated country.
Almost anywhere you look, it just gets better and better, the more closely you look.
You should never fail to look closely at all layers of whatever landscape you find yourself within – foreground through to horizon.
If you look at the watercolours painted by this region’s most famous artist, you can see that Albert Namatjira (1902-1959) understood this very well.
Photo is copyright Doug Spencer, taken at 9.43 am on 17 June 2023, looking west-ish to Mt Sonder.