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Rare Refill of Lake Eyre, Australia’s Simpson Desert

Muddy brown water spreads into Australia's Lake Eyre through a triangular delta in this natural-color Landsat image from May 9, 2009. The water transformed the dry basin into a vast inland sea where flocks of birds gathered to breed.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Rare Refill of Lake Eyre, Australia’s Simpson Desert.

NASA image created by Jesse Allen, using Landsat data provided by the United States Geological Survey. Caption by Holli Riebeek.

Published May 24, 2009
Data acquired May 9, 2009

Source:: Landsat 5 > TM