Do you remember the welcoming of the Twenty-first century with Sydney's grand light show on the harbour?
Australia has another massive show - this time it is the "Field of Light Uluru" display. It is at Ayers Rock (the English settlers name) or Uluru (it's original name from the Anangu Aboriginals). It is the huge red rock in the desert. The artist is Bruce Munro and its debut was March 2016. It is still on display today - although many of its events are awaiting reopening after COVID.
"As darkness falls and Uluru is thrown into silhouette, Field of Light illuminates. As far as the eye can see gentle rhythms of colour light up the desert.
The exhibition, aptly named Tili Wiru Tjuta Nyakutjaku or ‘looking at lots of beautiful lights’ in local Pitjantjatjara is Munro’s largest work to date. Overwhelming in size, covering more than seven football fields, it invites immersion in its fantasy garden of 50,000 spindles of light, the stems breathing and swaying through a sympathetic desert spectrum of ochre, deep violet, blue and gentle white."
Knowing how beautiful Niagara Falls is when illuminated at night, I think this would be distinctly different experience as it is in the desert. Niagara has the Falls to provide the movement. The Munro display has movement through the lights.
There are numerous packages - including a fly-over in private helicopter. That would explain the beautiful photos from the air in the LA Times article HERE. The Ayers Rock Resort appears to be the host organization with more pictures and information HERE.
Do you remember the Seasky international's Light Show that was to arrive December 9 2020 in Niagara Falls? I am still checking it out to find out if it may start up when the reopening is complete. That information is HERE. It remains closed with last winter's information.
I found some motion blur images from past Christmas displays and gave them some transformations.
