Environmental disasters come in all shapes and sizes. Some are man made others most likely naturally occurring but from our point of view are disasters. Prolonged droughts in Australia are now being seen as environmental disasters caused by mans hand. That is most likely partly true, however we cannot hide form the fact that we live in an environment that is historically very dry. Droughts also happen here regularly, some last a couple years, others… well they can often last for decades.
Clearing of natural vegetation has however impacted our landscape in Southern Australia, with thousands of small saline lakes or soaks developing through this naturally semi arid environment. Caused in part by rising water tables and salts and minerals being leached from surrounding cleared land, the lakes spread like cancers across the landscape. Check out a few more salt lake photos from excitations stock archive here.
Salt lake with tree stumps, Mallee region of Victoria, Australia.
