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  • Uluru changes colour depending on the time of day, and whether or not it is raining.
  • After the rain, tiny water invertebrates start breeding in the numerous water puddles formed on the top of the Rock. These invertebrates may lie dormant for many months in between rains.
  • Uluru is the second largest monolith in Australia and in the world; correctly speaking, it is not a monolith but an inselberg.
  • About seven-eighths of the rock lies underground. It stands 348m (1142ft) high at its highest point and is believed to extend another 2.5 km into the ground.
  • Uluru was not discovered by Europeans until 1873. It was originally named Ayers Rock by explorer William Gosse.
  • Uluru is about 5 kilometres in length, but this is difficult to measure as it is an irregular shape, not the oblong-shape it often appears from the ground. Its circumference is 9.4km.
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