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Salt flats and ancient riverbeds: aerial photography from Western Australia’s midwest – in pictures

Martine Perret’s latest aerial images reveal the land at a scale that invites both awe and urgency; ancient riverbeds that have carved the land over millenia, the immense salt flats...

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August 15, 2026
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Salt flats and ancient riverbeds: aerial photography from Western Australia’s midwest – in pictures

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