Lightning striking next to large red rock
Boab trees
Aborigines dancing
Women on horseback
Koala in tree
Baby kangaroo peeking out of its mother’s pouch
Two rock monoliths sit in the crashing surf of the ocean
Female surfer paddling underwater
People on the steps of the Sydney Opera House
A round stadium lit up at night
Brightly colored beach huts lining the sand
Men racing toward ocean
Crowd of penguins
Boulders against blue sky
Waterfall
Several Australian sea lions swim through the sunlit water
White, sculpted sandbars leading out to blue waters
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Lightning flashes over Ayers Rock, a landmark red sandstone monolith that draws tourists to Australia's center. Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park houses the rock, called Uluru by Aborigines, the continent's original inhabitants.
Photograph by Mark Laricchia/Corbis

Australia Photos

See photos of Australia (including Ayers Rock, Sydney, koalas, and more) in this travel photo gallery from National Geographic.

November 11, 2010

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