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The Breakaways are one of South Australia’s Outback gems. They’re a striking rocky landscape of flat-topped mesas

The Kanku-Breakaways Conservation Park is a protected area in northern South Australia, just off the Stuart Highway 33 km north of Coober Pedy

The Breakaways

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S @ 45 mm, 1/160 sec at f/5.6, ISO 64

Note: These photographs (especially the wider shots) look much better when larger. To see larger versions in an inline overlay slideshow gallery viewer click any of the images.

Sunset is the best time to come here and watch as it’s golden light lights up the colours of the sandstone 

Golden Plateau

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S @ 33 mm, 1/60 sec at f/8, ISO 64

Golden Valley

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S @ 54 mm, 1/80 sec at f/8, ISO 64

On the first evening we headed out to the Breakaways to watch the sunset

Coober Mounds

DJI Mavic 2 Pro L1D-20c + 28.0 mm f/2.8 @ 10.26 mm, 1/320 sec at f/5, ISO 100

Note: These photographs (especially the wider shots) look much better when larger. To see larger versions in an inline overlay slideshow gallery viewer click any of the images.

On the way we stopped to view the mine mounds (tailings) from above – so so many… As can be seen in the 180˚ panorama below

Miles of Mounds

DJI Mavic 2 Pro L1D-20c + 28.0 mm f/2.8 @ 10.26 mm, 1/500 sec at f/5, ISO 100 x 21 Frames

DJI Mavic 2 Pro L1D-20c + 28.0 mm f/2.8 @ 10.26 mm, 1/320 sec at f/5, ISO 100

The Dig

DJI Mavic 2 Pro L1D-20c + 28.0 mm f/2.8 @ 10.26 mm, 1/200 sec at f/5, ISO 100

Out here in the vast nothingness… criss crossed lines…

Generally the rail line runs dead straight parallel with the road, so you’re looking out one side of the car and there’s the rail line a hundred metres away. However every now and then – I don’t know why – the road decides to cross onto the other side and then parallel again

The land is dead flat and then there’s this small manmade hill where the road rises up and over the rail bridge. We stopped at one of these spots so I could do a little drone photography… with what is possibly the only subject of note around here 🙂

Red Crossings

DJI Mavic 2 Pro L1D-20c + 28.0 mm f/2.8 @ 10.26 mm, 1/800 sec at f/4, ISO 100

Note: These photographs (especially the wider shots) look much better when larger. To see larger versions in an inline overlay slideshow gallery viewer click any of the images.

Crossed Lines

DJI Mavic 2 Pro L1D-20c + 28.0 mm f/2.8 @ 10.26 mm, 1/320 sec at f/5, ISO 100

X Marks The

DJI Mavic 2 Pro L1D-20c + 28.0 mm f/2.8 @ 10.26 mm, 1/40 sec at f/5, ISO 100

A 360˚ spherical panorama taken high up in the sky with the Mavic 2 Pro drone as an interactive 360˚ photo. A view as we were leaving the national park

Using your mouse or keyboard (arrow keys) you can control your view and pan around the scene (and even zoom in and out). Clicking the square box icon towards the top left corner also allows you to run it full screen

One last look at the Flinders Ranges as we were leaving. These shot with the drone a little after we’d left the national park

Flinders Last Look

DJI Mavic 2 Pro L1D-20c + 28.0 mm f/2.8 @ 10.26 mm, 1/120 sec at f/4, ISO 100

Note: These photographs (especially the wider shots) look much better when larger. To see larger versions in an inline overlay slideshow gallery viewer click any of the images.

The morning light was very ordinary unfortunately

Sssslither

DJI Mavic 2 Pro L1D-20c + 28.0 mm f/2.8 @ 10.26 mm, 1/120 sec at f/4, ISO 100