This is an original artistic Photograph of the Devils Marbles in the Northern Territory of Australia is a powerful mythological landscape Photo from the Northern Territory, Australia
The Devils Marbles are amongst the most famous Australian rocks, right up there with Uluru and the Olgas. All guide books and brochures about the Australian Outback feature a picture of the Marbles. Or rather, of two of the marbles... the Devils Marbles Conservation Reserve is 1802 hectares in size, and there are lots of marbles here.
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The image is professionally printed on quality photographic paper 15x20cm (6x8”) ready for you to frame, hang or display as you wish.
In the Aboriginal mythology the Devils Marbles are the eggs of the rainbow serpent, and many "dreamtime" stories and traditions of the Warumungu, Kaytetye and Alyawarre Aboriginal people are linked with this area. It has a deep spiritual meaning for both men and women (Aboriginal cultural sites are often specifically for either men or women.)
The traditional Aboriginal owners of the area regard the marbles as having extraordinary powers. Damage to them can have life threatening consequences for their custodians.
The Devil's Marbles began forming about 1700 million years ago when a layer of molten magma was deposited below a layer of sandstone and cooled into granite. Shrinkage formed a pattern of right angles cracks, called joints, in the cooling granite and, during succeeding years the porous overlying sandstone allowed groundwater to percolate down to the granite and into the joints. Groundwater filtering in the joints reacted with some minerals in the granite to form clays; a warm and humid climate helped this weathering process which occurred more quickly on the corners of blocks because more surface of the rock was exposed there.
