From red dust bowl to verdant flood plain

Desert shakes off dust and springs to life

Daily Telegraph, 12 March 2010

The desert plains of the Simpson Desert have taken on a spectacular tinge of green and blue as floodwaters bring the usually dry landscape to life. Aerial photos reveal the astonishingly quick transformation of one of Australia's most arid regions from desert to flourishing flood plain.

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