This natural water area was 2.5 meters under water during the recent flood rains experienced in 80% of Queensland. Now with little further rain in this area the waters have retreated and dried up leaving a parched land with most of the surface soil removed by the floods, definitely a Harsh Environment.
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For the sceptics that thought this was extracted from a dark photo to produce the final finish.
I am a little amazed that this shot finished so far down the order, from the comments it would appear that I was down voted for advanced editing.
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