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Katherine River Gorge, Nitmiluk National Park, Northern Territory - a raw, powerful landscape of ancient geological formations. Rugged red sandstone cliffs layered in dramatic horizontal bands rise steeply from the turbulent waters, their rust-colored surfaces punctuated by resilient green vegetation clinging to rocky crevices. The river surges between massive boulder-strewn banks, its muddy brown waters churning and frothing around stone obstacles, revealing the immense erosive power that has carved this spectacular terrain over millennia. Vegetation cloaks the upper plateau - hardy scrub and scattered eucalyptus trees thriving in this harsh yet magnificent environment. The intense blue sky and sharp geological contours speak to the unforgiving beauty of Australia's northwestern landscape, a testament to the enduring character of the continent's remote wilderness regions. This scene captures the essence of pastoral landscapes - not through human agricultural intervention, but through the raw, untamed geological and ecological systems that define Australia's most ancient terrains.