Carrie Jones, Swimming Through The Milky Way (PEOPLE 2023)

My kids spent hours diving into the dark, remote plunge pools in Kakadu. The bubbles they formed on entry caught the light in such a way that from below, the water appeared momentarily to be full of stars. It was akin to swimming through the Milky Way.

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