Uluru dazzles visitors with lightning show as park enters hottest season

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Lightning strikes over Uluru dazzle visitors with stunning display

Lightning bolts illuminating the sky above Uluru marked a spectacular sign of seasonal change, according to Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, as the Northern Territory approached "the hottest part of the year."

Visitors to Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park were treated to a dazzling lightning show as the area undergoes a season change and welcomes "the hottest part of the year."

Bolts of lightning streaked above Uluru, in the Northern Territory, and was recorded by a park ranger giving "locals and visitors … a natural light show".

Park rangers said the Anangu people have five different seasons. The hottest is known as the Mai wiyaringkupai/kuli season, during which it’s warned that lightning strikes can start fires.