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Lake Ninan, Wongan Hills

Lake Ninan, Wongan Hills (Image ID 42889)
Photographed byJim Schultz on Sat 10th Oct, 2020 and uploaded on Wed 14th Oct, 2020 .
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ID42889
CommentLake Ninan at Wongan Hills, Western Australia is a salt lake presently (Oct 2020) holding very little water of high salinity. Salinity in the lake has been known to reach 600% of that of the ocean, and little life is supported now with much of the shore vegetation long dead, but in 1917 and again in 1963 the lake overflowed, reaching 4½ m at the deepest point. In the past water from the lake was carted by camels to the township for use in steam engine trains, and also salt was collected. The lake is part of a wetland area important for wildlife, but continued salinity has become a devastating and lasting problem for Lake Ninan.
EquipmentNikon D850, Nikkor AF-S 24-70mm f2.8 G ED at 26mm, Velbon tripod; kneeling for low angle of view.
Manual Exposure, 1 sec shutter speed @ f16; ISO-100. Timer w 5 sec delay.
Metering mode: Pattern
Bracketing used in all manual camera modes and best image chosen for composure and clean-up. Slightly cropped, horizontally straightened and resized to 1800X1163 pix
LocationLake Ninan, Wongan Hills, Western Australia
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