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Mount Sonder (#19 in SA/NT “outback” single image teaser series)

 

Even by Australian standards, this post’s hero is a relatively modest mountain.

130 kilometres west of Alice Springs, Mount Sonder (1,380 metres) is the Northern Territory’s 4th highest peak; with the sole exception of Western Australia, all other Australian States (& the ACT) have considerably higher mountains.

Everest (which I have seen, “in person”, albeit from some distance) comprehensively dwarfs it, but is no lovelier.

Mount Sonder is one of the most beautiful mountains I have ever seen.

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“Tenacious”, in full context (#17 in SA/NT “outback” single image teaser series)

 

 

This post’s photo was taken from almost exactly the same vantage point as the previous post’s…and only a few seconds later.

In “standard format” terms, #16’s photo was a cropped version of a 120mm (short telephoto lens) view, whilst this post’s is a wide angle (24 mm) shot, unedited.

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Zebra finches at waterhole (#15 in SA/NT “outback” single image teaser series + suitably fleet musical bonus)

 

 

This post’s photo is far-from-perfect.

Nonetheless, I think/hope it conveys a sense of just how fleet-and-flurrying (and splashy) is the to-and-fro of zebra finches at a drinking/bathing “station”.

In arid regions such “stations” can themselves appear and vanish, very rapidly.

The pictured pool sat at the base of the eastern wall of Jessie Gap on 14 June 2023. (photo is copyright Doug Spencer. Jessie Gap is a short drive from Alice Springs)

Musically,  I agree with the listener who suggested that if J.S. Bach had heard Chris Thile play, there’d be a set of Bach mandolin suites.

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Ephemeral mirror in ancient “frame” (#12 in SA/NT “outback” single image teaser series)

 

The pictured puddle’s probable lifespan:  a matter of days…or very few weeks.

Age of the creek bed and gorge in which it sits: circa fifty times older than The Grand Canyon!

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