Featured photos
From the article "Desert of the Heart":
- An everyday occurrence ... bogged in the red sand
- The team relax at main camp - surrounded by a cluster of the slow-growing Gidgee trees
- Unlocking the desert's mysteries - the team prepare pit fall traps to catch unwitting fauna
- The smooth knob-tailed gecko (Nephrurus levis).
- A close up of the central netted dragon (Ctenophorus nuchalis), note its exposed ear
- A Spinifex Hopping mouse (Notomys alexis) seeks refuge in its burrow
- Germination ... an explosive flowering of perennial trees and shrubs is expected this year because of heavy rains
- An early morning start to get on the road after camping under the stars
- A five day drive from Sydney, the Simpson Desert lies across the corners of three states ... South Australia, Queensland and the Northern Territory
- One of the 54 reptile species found in the Simpson Desert
From the article "Amazon Woman":
- Helping local children in class
- Pollution outfall from one of the 953 open, unlined pits of toxic waste and crude oil
- Zoë Tryon with an Achuar elder
- Kids in the nearby Achuar village
- Tryon with lawyer Pablo Fajardo and the documents relating to the landmark 17-year lawsuit
- 40 years on, the soil pits continue to leak and pollute
- Leaking oil and drainage pipes tower over the villagers, contaminating the environment
- Polluted water is an unavoidable fact of Achuar life
