Funny what you see on the Nullarbor

Day 2 - Saturday 14th July - 1050 Km - Southern Cross to Eucla.

Crack of dawn start to get as far as possible on day 2.

Mostly you see this on the Nullarbor (but sometimes no trees).

90 Mile Straight

But there are also other things.

A railway engine at Balladonia Roadhouse

Train on the Nullarbor

A big bucket taking up both lanes.

Big Bucket on Nullarbor

A plane taxiing round the petrol pumps at the Nullarbor Roadhouse.

Plane in Nullarbor Roadhouse

Towards sunset we saw these lights which were visible for many minutes. I can’t work out what caused them. We were heading due East away from the sun towards Eucla. I can’t see how sun rays can reflect up from the East in that situation. Any ideas?

The effect was the same outside the van so it has nothing to do with the windscreen glass interfering with the camera. It was much stronger to the eye than it appears here. I haven’t touched the photos at all.

IMG_5429.JPGStrange lights in sky heading East at sunset on Nullarbor

Almost dark and it was still there.

Strange lights in sky heading East at sunset on Nullarbor

There was a town in the distance but it didn’t generate much candlepower.

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