Sickness Country

Not far from #Kakadu are deposits of #uranium. #Aboriginals have known to avoid this area for centuries—it is known as "sickness country". The artwork shown here depicts a person with swollen joints—the first signs of radiation poisoning.

#Bula (The Creator) and #Bolung (The #RainbowSerpent)

"Our land was first created by Bula, who came from saltwater country to the north. With his two wives, the Ngallenjilenji, he hunted across the land and in doing so transformed the landscape through his actions. In a number of places, Bula left his image as paintings in rock shelters. Bula finally went under the ground at a number of locations north of Katherine in an area known to us as 'Sickness Country'. It is called this because the area is very dangerous, and should not be disturbed for fear that earthquakes and fire will destroy the world… Bolung the Rainbow Serpent inhabits the deep green pools found in the Second Gorge. We do not fish in the pools where Bolung sits. When fishing close to these pools, we can take only a small portion of the fish caught and throw back the rest in order to appease Bolung. Drinking water must not be taken from these deep pools but rather from the shallow associated waters. Pregnant women and new initiates may not swim in the Katherine River for fear of disturbing Bolung, who must not be spoken to and must be left undisturbed.”
- #Dreamtime of the #Jawoyn people

https://www.artistwd.com/joyzine/australia/abr_culture/sickness_country.php

#Nuclear #NuclearWaste #UraniumMining #Australia

A really good one to tick off my list were these comb crested jacanas. Also know as Lily trotters - it's true - they actually walk on lily pads - just look at those feet! I would have loved to get an eye level shot of one, but the large toothy reptilian creatures lurking in the water sorted that idea out pretty quickly. I left the lily in to set the scene better. #birds #birdphotography #nature #kakadu

Jim JIm Falls Kakadu 12 March 2020. RX100 F/4 1/250 ISO100 70mm. On the very eve of Covid, we were flying over Kakadu hunting waterfalls and geological formations. Seems like that was so long ago now. #JimJimFalls #Kakadu #Australia #Photography #WaterfallWednesday.

um 11.05 Uhr gibt es im #Deutschlandfunk in der Reihe 'Gesichter Europas' eine Sendung zum Internationalen Strafgerichtshof in Den Haag,
um 13.05 Uhr auf Bayern 2 ein Feature zum Thema #klassentreffen,
am Sonntag gibt es in Deutschlandfunk Kultur um 7.30 Uhr in der Reihe #Kakadu eine Sendung zum Thema 'Wie sieht die Welt aus, wenn man nicht gucken kann?',
um 13.00 Uhr in Bayern 2 eine Sendung aus der Reihe Radioreisen nach Japan
und einige mehr.
Wünsche guten Empfang :-).

Wir hören hier mittlerweile regelmäßig mit der Familie den #Kakadu-Podcast von #Deutschlandfunk Kultur.

Empfang- und Hörbar z. B. per Podcast-App, DLF Audiothek oder per Webseite:

https://kakadu.de

Hörempfehlung für alle jungen und alten Menschen! :mastogrin:

The LIghtning Man, Nourlangie, 2014.

As yet another ‘epochal winter storm’ makes its way towards us, I wondered what the artist who painted this would make of it all.

#Photography #Kakadu #IndigenousArt #ClimateEmergency

#travel #wanderlust #Kakadu #australia

Evening clouds, Magela Creek floodplain, Kakadu, 2000.

#Photography #Kakadu #Sunset

#travel #wanderlust #kakadu #Australia

Vulnerability Spotlight: Kakadu Software SDK ATK marker code execution vulnerability - Aleksandar Nikolic and Emmanuel Tacheau of Cisco Talos discovered this vulnerability. Blog by Jon Mu... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/feedburner/Talos/~3/nhhNcuAARyo/vulnerability-spotlight-kakadu-software.html #vulnerabilityadvisories #vulnerabilityspotlight #vulnerabilityresearch #vulnerabilityreport #kakadusoftware #vulndev #kakadu