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Nyiyaparli country, SE Newman airport, view west © Dave Wells
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Our research shows: similar spot patterns once dominated desert Australia © Mike Gillam
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Nyiyaparli country pavements in spinifex, > 40 years unburnt (left) recent burn (right) © Mike Gillam
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'Watanuma' by Kaapa Tjampijimpa 1976
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Nyiyaparli country, whilst this circle pattern been long illustrated in Aboriginal art, only recently has it been described in science
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Nyiyaparli country, SE Newman, view south © Dave Wells
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Spots for scale, against a Hilux, bare red pavements within long unburnt spinifex grassland © Dave Wells
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Nyiyaparli country, view east shows burn effects on spinifex and pavements © Dave Wells
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What are these spots? An international debate. Nyiyaparli country, Single pavement in spinifex under sand layer with low mounds visible © Dave Wells
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Pintupi country, -23.257103,129.754733_PXL_20230614_024411549_Katrin Doederer
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Pintupi country, -23.149236,128.866781_K Doederer_xxx_PXL_20230614_031520502
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Pintupi country, 915 km E Newman, 55 nm east of Kiwirrkura © Katrin Doederer
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Pitjantjatjara country, 22 km SW Mt Conner, NT © Katrin Doederer,
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Warlpiri country, AWC Newhaven, W Lake Bennett © K. Doederer
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Nyiyaparli people's country, Sylvania Station. Photo © Hugh Brown
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Putitjara country, pavement patterns in other desert areas, © Simon Cherriman