Giant Rock to Be Closed for Religious Reasons?

Friday, October 16, 2009 - 17:56 in Earth & Climate

Australia's iconic, island-like Uluru, or Ayers Rock, may soon be off limits to climbers, mainly because Aborigines see the desert sandstone formation as sacred. Video.

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