Uluru - "The Rock" - can be seen from a great distance. It stands solitary in a vast, largely flat and sparsely treed red plain. As you approach, its size becomes apparent as do the many features of its surface, some carved by wind, others carved by water flowing down its faces. Eventually, these water courses become quite deep, punctuated by small pockets in which a small amount of finely ground rock and nutrient gathers. Life, by its very nature, makes use of this meagre offering. Once you get close enough, these "Pockets of Life" transform this inert monolith into a living entity. Uluru (Ayers Rock) is a sandstone monolith located in the Uluru Kata-Tjuta National Park in Australia's Northern Territory.