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Australia's sandstone monolith Uluru is an immensely sacred place to the local Aṉangu people, and somewhere many people have dreamed of visiting one day.

Now Uluru is available on Google Street View, offering the internet an up-close look at the ochre, rust, wild plum, and charcoal hues of the rock, which measures 348 metres (1,142 ft) high, and has a circumference of 9.4 kilometres (5.8 mi).

With Google's new offering, users all over the world can walk through the desert sands that surround the rock; a land that carries sacred "songlines" — stories about the journeys and battles of ancestors. Read more...

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Visit one of the world's greatest natural wonders without leaving your desk Visit one of the world's greatest natural wonders without leaving your desk Reviewed by mimisabreena on Wednesday, June 07, 2017 Rating: 5

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