STUART BELL, LAND URCHIN’S (LANDSCAPE & ENVIRONMENT 2026)

Prickly clusters of spinifex attached to their equally jaggy schist formation resemble land-bound sea urchins, their spiny forms echoing the contours of their aquatic counterparts. The irony is, about 3.5 BILLION years ago this region used to be an ancient, shallow seabed, the mind just boggles thinking about it. Outback Marble Bar, WA.

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