Stunning rainbow pictured over Australia's famous Uluru landmark

A stunning double rainbow has been caught on camera over the world famous Uluru Australian landmark.

The beautiful sight was captured by Thomas Nixon on September 12 in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park using just his iPhone.

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Uluru - also known as Ayers Rock - is a 1,142-foot high sandstone rock formation central to aboriginal culture and an icon of the 'Red Centre' desert of inland Australia.

Thomas, who works as a tour guide at luxury lodge Longitude 131, said: "The moment was a pretty special one. Of course we always want to give our guests the best possible red-centre experience, but Mother Nature sometimes doesn't agree.

"We were going out for a sunset tour, where we bring our guests to a sand dune where they can watch that iconic colour change of Uluru right before the sun goes down.

"It turns a deep blood orange just before sunset as the atmosphere filters out the other colours of light, but the red light penetrates the furthest, hence bringing out the red colour at sunset.

"Unfortunately on this day there was a lot of cloud cover, we've had a lot of uncharacteristic winter rain. So with that cloud it looked like we weren't going to get that iconic colour change for our guests.

"Expecting the worst we went out to the sunset area, there was a little rain so we all took shelter, and then at the last few minutes before the sun set there was a break in the clouds on the horizon and the light beamed through giving us that beautiful rainbow.

"We went out worried about not giving our guests a good experience, but Mother Nature had our back and delivered a glorious sunset and that rainbow that legitimately brought a tear to my eye. The rainbow itself was only there for a few short minutes, but it was a truly special event."

Thomas, who is a qualified ecologist, is originally from the Byron Bay area of New South Wales but has spent the last year living on the road working on conservation projects.