The boulders
Red-orange.
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Karlu Karlu, or the Devils Marbles, is a reserve in Australia's Northern Territory scattered with huge rounded granite boulders. It lies about 105 km south of Tennant Creek and 393 km north of Alice Springs, and the nearest settlement, Wauchope, is nine kilometres away. The boulders have great cultural and spiritual meaning for the Aboriginal traditional owners, and the reserve protects one of the oldest sacred sites in the world. Karlu Karlu means round boulders and refers to both the rocks and the area around them. The boulders formed as granite weathered over millions of years. You see huge red-orange boulders balanced on one another, some split in two as if cut with a knife, in a plain of yellow grass and shrubs. The rocks glow orange at sunrise and sunset under a clear blue sky. It is about 95 km from Tennant Creek in a straight line. Do not climb the rocks out of respect for the site, and there is a small campground for those who want to stay for sunset.
Red-orange.
Two halves.
An orange glow.
South of Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia
Round boulders.
No, out of respect for the sacred site.