This is just one of Western Australia's many natural wonders - a canal hollowed out along the coast between a series of granite outcrops. It is located in Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park, about three hours south of Perth. In this photograph, the so-called Canal Rocks are captured at sunrise, with the sky flooded with pastel and the sea a deep, inky blue. I felt that only a wide 5:1 ratio image would do justice to this location. No other format could capture the whole sweep of the scene spreading out from that distinctive central rock. But with this 240 degree scan, the viewer gets a real sense of the breadth of the formation, and of the remarkable forces of nature that have created it.

Catalog Number: VX1357
Edition: 100
Image Ratio: 3:1