Aerials Gallery

The Spiral Jetty

The Spiral Jetty, 4.6 metres-wide earthwork sculpture by Robert Smithson, created in 1970. Its total length is 460 m. It was originally black from its basalt rock, and is now encrusted with salt. Near Rozel Point, Great Salt Lake, Utah, USA

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Abstract, Aerial, Art, Artwork, Coil, Coiled, Counterclockwise, Design, Dia Art Foundation, Encrustation, From Above, From The Air, Graphic, Installation, Lakes, Landscape, Pattern, Rozel Point, Saline, Salt, Sculptor

Mineral-laden artesian water surfacing on the lakes edge

Mineral-laden artesian water surfacing on the lake's edge. The northern section of the 1500 sq km lake is an important bird area, for shorebirds and waders. The brackish and hypersaline ponds occasionally get flooded with freshwater. Lake MacLeod, north of Carnarvon, Western Australia

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Aerial, Artesian Basins, Best Of Australia, Channels, Coastal Wetlands, From Above, From The Air, Important Bird Areas, Mudflats, Ponds, Saline, Salt Lakes, Springs, Wetlands

Pigeon Island from the air

Pigeon Island from the air, with lobster fishermens huts, and Pigeon Island Anchorage with jetties. Little Pigeon Island, also seasonally populated, lies beyond. Western rock lobster haul averages about 1.5 million kilos caught in a season (14 weeks). Wallabi Group, Houtman Abrolhos Group of Islands, Western Australia

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