Early to rise and an elegant example of God's beauty as a reward. We woke at 5am, catching an early coach at 6am. The bus made its rounds to all the hotels in the circle and headed to the rock. Although we left the resort in complete darkness, the sun began to paint the horizon with a spectrum of colour too beautiful for words to describe and too complex for a camera to do it justice. Only the human eye could properly appreciate this site.
The dark green plants against the red land, what an amazing contrast as a backdrop to the sun painted rock of Uluru. And the rock itself made of hard sandstone with only countless years of water erosion even able to barely touch its form. There were trails of indentations starting at the top and ending at the base, telling of the years of rain it must have seen.
During the progression of the sunrise as the sun began to slowly reveal the landmark, it went from dark brown to bright brick red to light orange when full illuminated. Our eyes only barely catch this transition as they adjust to the range of colours. Taking several pictures during the process helped to capture this spectrum.
And now the rest of the day to anticipate our sunset tour!
