From the ground, a coastline is experienced one bend, beach and cliff at a time. From above, those fragments connect.
Geology becomes visible
At Hallett Cove the cliffs reveal layers, folds and colour that are difficult to understand from eye level. Seen from above, rock and water become a map of processes that have been working far longer than any road or suburb beside them.
Lines made by water and people
The aerial view also reveals movement. A road bends with the terrain. A river searches for the sea. A boat cuts a temporary white line through blue water. Human marks and natural patterns occupy the same frame.
That is what keeps drawing me back to aerial photography. It is not simply a higher viewpoint. It is another way of reading the landscape.
Related photography: Continue with Australia from Above, or explore South Australia.
Look closer at the rock patterns of Hallett Cove, then follow the brief lines boats leave behind.
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