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Top end of Piccaninny Gorge Sea caves
Sunrise on domes
Sunrise on domes
First light on the distinctive domes of Purnululu. The rock is sandstone, but the horizontal stripes are mainly due to cyanobacteria that live only on the sedimentary layers that retain the most moisture.
This image also appears in Walks › Purnululu
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