Trend Magazine
March 3, 2019
In March 2018, torrential rains poured over the Australian Outback in the state of Queensland. The water pooled and began dispersing into rivulets for a long march to the Lake Eyre basin, which bottoms out 50 feet below sea level—the lowest point in the country. Over the course of weeks, the runoff filled innumerable channels that in turn fed into three river basins—the Georgina, Diamantina, and Cooper Creek—and advanced toward Lake Eyre like one massive aquatic organism, transforming a sweltering and inhospitable landscape into one alive with plants, wildlife, and birdsong.