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Murray Mouth Dunes

Posted by Peter MacDonald
On November 20, 2020
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The end of the line for Australia longest waterway. 2,500 kilometres long, the Murray meanders down from high in the Australian Alps in New South Wales. A photo of the Mouth it’s almost impossible without having at least of the three dredges working to keep the outlet open. The dunes though are windswept, every-changing fine […]

Lake Frome Dune

Posted by Peter MacDonald
On July 23, 2015
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Here’s further evidence of the whiteness, the brilliance of the salt on Lake Frome in South Australia’s far north, particularly when it is dry. Pilots of aircraft flying low near the surface of the lake are likely to experience a phenomenon usually associated with the Antarctic or Arctic where the horizon becomes indistinct because of […]

Whiter than White

Posted by Peter MacDonald
On July 19, 2015
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The whiteness of the salt on Lake Frome is startling. Whiter than white as the soap suds ad goes. I’ve been told astronauts used the salt expanse to do their white balance checks for the cameras on their space stations. The other remarkable things is the numerous sand dunes that are trapped on the salt […]

Wind Blown

Posted by Peter MacDonald
On July 2, 2015
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The images I have been posting about Lake Frome in recent times have centred around a sand dune location at the edge of this giant salt lake. It is hard to imagine the size of Lake Frome and like the work I did around Lake Eyre to the north, the images posted here are trying […]

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