From ground level, Australia's drought looks like a big cloud of dry dust, but from the air it transforms into an array of colour and texture as the land cracks under the sun.
Photographer David Gray explained to Reuters TV that the drought Australia is experiencing is the worst since 1946. From travelling the region of New South Wales, Gray has heard farmers from different generations report that the Australian soil hasn't been this dry in over 100 years.
Images and videos from his drone show exactly how severe the drought has become for farmers. Gray decided to take the snaps from the sky because the aerial view highlights just how bad the situation is.
.@ReutersPictures takes to the air to chart the worst drought in living memory sweeping across parts of eastern Australia https://t.co/AzNLyUjXni pic.twitter.com/sEQJUrMsNG
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Photographer David Gray explains why he used drones to document Australia's worst drought in living memory. See the full report on @ReutersTV: https://t.co/SapPh8WEEV pic.twitter.com/VeVKdMqfrL
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Tom’s wife Margo says the drought has affected the whole farming community: ‘I find droughts a little bit like cancer - it sort of eats away at you’ https://t.co/UfUhXVZO82 pic.twitter.com/SFefi2yqg0
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‘I have been here all my life, and this drought is feeling like it will be around a while,’ says Whitney https://t.co/UfUhXVZO82 pic.twitter.com/rvjsOoCN9f
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'It (the drought) seems to be one step ahead of me all the time. We’ll battle it out, but it puts a strain on everyone,’ says cattle farmer Tom Wollaston https://t.co/UfUhXVZO82 pic.twitter.com/wZ8AWCeSmg
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