Photo of the Day

Young girl shielding her eyes from dust
April 18, 2009

Dry Ranch, Australia

This Month in Photo of the Day: Nature and Environment

Simon Booth remembers when he grazed 250 head of cattle on his ranch in southeastern Australia—a sight his children Ryan and Claire may never see. A seven-year drought has the region, and its people, in its grips.


See more photographs from the April 2009 feature story "Murray-Darling Basin."

Photograph by Amy Toensing

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