tags: outback mosaic, Australia, NewScientist, Image of the Day
Outback mosaic.
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Image: Carole Tilney 2007 (NewScientist calendar 2008). [Much larger view]
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Now that looks like an interesting place to visit.
Would be great to go when the rains come, their was a BBC wildlife program showing a lake in the Outback that only fills during the big wet. Somehow birds can find it and go there to breed even though it isn't an annual event.