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Photograph by Murray Fredericks
At first light, predawn colors are reflected and distorted by a rare rain puddle in Australia's highly saline Lake Eyre.
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Photograph by Murray Fredericks
Pilots who fly over Lake Eyre had told me about a red hue that sometimes appears when the bed dries. I later learned that it's caused by an organism that lives only in supersaline environments.
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Photograph by Murray Fredericks
I took this shot as dawn was breaking, focusing my camera on the black line, which is the lake's edge. I had never seen this shade of yellow before—nor have I seen it since.
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Photograph by Murray Fredericks
In this three-hour exposure during a full moon, the two brightest stars in the sky are described as arcing lines. The cracked bed of Lake Eyre, meantime, resembles nothing so much as a lunar landscape.
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Photograph by Murray Fredericks
In the midst of a massive drought, two storms—thunder and dust—appeared and painted an apocalyptic portrait over Australia's Lake Eyre. I used a digital camera and stitched together multiple images to capture this panorama.
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Photograph by Murray Fredericks
Cleanly divided by the horizon line, this frame was shot half an hour after sunset. Seen here through my 8-by-10-inch view camera, the clear light of the desert blends right into its reflection on a bit of salty rainwater.
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Photograph by Murray Fredericks
The black line is the edge of the lake, miles away from where I was standing. Working in such a space, I was keenly aware of variations in hue. In this shot, taken just after dusk, I was fixated on the subtle transition of orange to deep blue.
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