Uluru rain

A series of photographs documenting a rare moment in time when Uluru alomost received it's annual rainfall in a single night. October 14, 2011.

Australia 's iconic Uluru(Ayres Rock) is barely recognisable in a series of photographs taken during torrential rain October 2010. For local photographer Peter Carroll, it was a 20 year wait to capture rain on the rock.

Published with permission and many thanks to: Peter Carroll

Uluru as you've never seen it before:

Magic at Uluru

Water cascades down an Uluru rock face 

After the rain at Uluru

Peter Carroll is a Photographer based in Alice Springs, Cenral Australia

On Landscapes:
We all see the world through our own sense of reality. My Landscape images are the result of my experiences in country.

I seek out the silence, often in very remote regions rarely visited, but that silence can still be found in highly touristed areas such as Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park....But you need time.
It is important to spend time at a place and revisit over years, walk it's hills and valleys and sleep under the stars. Wander Aimlessly with purpose and allow the secrets to be revealed.

Most places I explore will be expressed through the lens from the intimate patterns,  details and interactions within it, to the wider angle for a sense of place.
As often as possible I like to take it a step further and see the landscape from above, be it by climbing the nearest mountain or by plane or chopper. This method not only allows me to get to know a place more intimately but also develops a sense of a living, breathing Planet, revealing repeating patterns through scale from the leaf of a tree to the drainage patterns of a mountain range.

I am lucky to live in an incredible place of deserts and ancient culture. Rugged country, at times harsh and unforgiving, but this facade crumbles every now and again to reveal the true delicacy of life in Desert Country.

The universe speaks but we must first learn the language.

petercarroll.photoshelter.com