A blinding salt pan, not blue water, is what usually defines Lake Eyre in central Australia. For most years, the basin is a cracked lattice of salt and clay, a classic endorheic lake where evaporation consistently exceeds inflow. What global rankings sell as one of the “most beautiful lake views” is, in day‑to‑day reality, a dry inland sink dominated by halite crust and wind‑shaped dust.The system...More