Aerial View Gallery

Aerial view after sunrise, showing the sun reflecting off water that has flowed into Lake Eyre South and formed a pond; the water being the result of recent uncommonly high local desert rainfall

Aerial view after sunrise, showing the sun reflecting off water that has flowed into Lake Eyre South and formed a pond; the water being the result of recent uncommonly high local desert rainfall. Salt pan edges and rivulets visible around the edge as well as some (uncommon) desert greenery. Lake Eyre South, South Australia,
March 2022

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Damaged forest overgrown by various vines, a typical scene in western part of Dominica

Damaged forest overgrown by various vines, a typical scene in western part of Dominica, West Indies. After hurricane Maria an unprecedented number of vines took advantage of suddenly open spaces in the forest, creating carpets overhanging from trees and bushes, and strangling other plants under them. Drone photo. April 2018

RioTinto tidal area and saltmarshes, with healthy vegetation

RioTinto tidal area and saltmarshes, with healthy vegetation and red silt containing pyrite (an iron mineral common in sediments). The silt is deposited by constant tidal flooding. This image was taken close to a phosphogypsum pond full of industrial waste, which is leaking toxic, radioactive water into the estuary. This part of the estuary is unpolluted

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