Drought Revealed, Kati Thanda, South Australia
On a crisp winter morning I was precariously strapped into the rear seat of a light aircraft with nothing between the vast expanse and grandeur of Kati Thanda, more commonly known as Lake Eyre. With frozen fingers I clutched the cameras that hung around my neck, checking and rechecking settings throughout the journey from our friendly lodgings of William Creek hotel. My purpose was to capture the inspiring textures and shapes that formed across the vast landscape, and I wasn’t disappointed.
Our pilot weaved across the vastness of this Salt Lake that covered over a million square kilometres. Approaching the edge of this magically natural formation I was mesmerised by aerial view over two thousand feet above sea level that lay below us as the creeks and rivers merged silently into the vast expanse of salt.
Seeing this “tree” for the first time conjured up a vision of timeless beauty. What appeared as ancient tree roots exposed by time from the rugged baron land seemed to support the branches that spilled out into the coloured sands of time. Where water once flowed, deposits of sediment now lay. Depending on the time of day, the colours of this spiritual land changed, and the Central Australian ochres transformed into shades of pink and purple.
On a crisp winter morning I was precariously strapped into the rear seat of a light aircraft with nothing between the vast expanse and grandeur of Kati Thanda, more commonly known as Lake Eyre. With frozen fingers I clutched the cameras that hung around my neck, checking and rechecking settings throughout the journey from our friendly lodgings of William Creek hotel. My purpose was to capture the inspiring textures and shapes that formed across the vast landscape, and I wasn’t disappointed.
Our pilot weaved across the vastness of this Salt Lake that covered over a million square kilometres. Approaching the edge of this magically natural formation I was mesmerised by aerial view over two thousand feet above sea level that lay below us as the creeks and rivers merged silently into the vast expanse of salt.
Seeing this “tree” for the first time conjured up a vision of timeless beauty. What appeared as ancient tree roots exposed by time from the rugged baron land seemed to support the branches that spilled out into the coloured sands of time. Where water once flowed, deposits of sediment now lay. Depending on the time of day, the colours of this spiritual land changed, and the Central Australian ochres transformed into shades of pink and purple.
On a crisp winter morning I was precariously strapped into the rear seat of a light aircraft with nothing between the vast expanse and grandeur of Kati Thanda, more commonly known as Lake Eyre. With frozen fingers I clutched the cameras that hung around my neck, checking and rechecking settings throughout the journey from our friendly lodgings of William Creek hotel. My purpose was to capture the inspiring textures and shapes that formed across the vast landscape, and I wasn’t disappointed.
Our pilot weaved across the vastness of this Salt Lake that covered over a million square kilometres. Approaching the edge of this magically natural formation I was mesmerised by aerial view over two thousand feet above sea level that lay below us as the creeks and rivers merged silently into the vast expanse of salt.
Seeing this “tree” for the first time conjured up a vision of timeless beauty. What appeared as ancient tree roots exposed by time from the rugged baron land seemed to support the branches that spilled out into the coloured sands of time. Where water once flowed, deposits of sediment now lay. Depending on the time of day, the colours of this spiritual land changed, and the Central Australian ochres transformed into shades of pink and purple.
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