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This was taken at Kings Canyon, in central Australia.

This was a beautiful walk. It was along the top of the canyon ridge. However, that meant you had to get onto the ridge. It took 10 minutes, climbing rough stairs almost sheer vertically to get up there. I felt like I was dying on the way up; it was a fairly difficult (read: exhausting) climb. But not so difficult that children and retires can't do it (of which there were many of the latter). But upon reaching the top, that 10 minutes of hell was worth it 1000 times over.

To be honest, I much preferred Kings Canyon to Uluru. I understand that Uluru has spiritual significance to the local Aboriginals, but the rules in place do restrict the ability to truly connect with it. At Kings Canyon though, you can explore a lot more, and only parts of it have spiritual significance, which means access is far better. And for me, without access, I cannot get the feel of a place, which prevents my ability to connect with it. All of that is to say, that while Uluru is impressive (no amount of tourism can hide that), I think a part of me much prefers Kings Canyon.

In my upcoming central Australia photos it is quite clear that I like lots of sky in my photos. However, as the sky is rarely the point of interest, I'm not submitting under the 'sky' category, but mostly landscape.

Description
This was taken at Kings Canyon, in central Australia.

This was a beautiful walk. It was along the top of the canyon ridge. However, that meant you had to get onto the ridge. It took 10 minutes, climbing rough stairs almost sheer vertically to get up there. I felt like I was dying on the way up; it was a fairly difficult (read: exhausting) climb. But not so difficult that children and retires can't do it (of which there were many of the latter). But upon reaching the top, that 10 minutes of hell was worth it 1000 times over.

To be honest, I much preferred Kings Canyon to Uluru. I understand that Uluru has spiritual significance to the local Aboriginals, but the rules in place do restrict the ability to truly connect with it. At Kings Canyon though, you can explore a lot more, and only parts of it have spiritual significance, which means access is far better. And for me, without access, I cannot get the feel of a place, which prevents my ability to connect with it. All of that is to say, that while Uluru is impressive (no amount of tourism can hide that), I think a part of me much prefers Kings Canyon.

In my upcoming central Australia photos it is quite clear that I like lots of sky in my photos. However, as the sky is rarely the point of interest, I'm not submitting under the 'sky' category, but mostly landscape.