The dry heart of Australia is now awash with water

For nearly two centuries, European explorers chased a myth: an inland sea hidden in Australia's desert heart. They found only dunes. But this year, reality has outpaced legend. According to ABC News, Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre, the continent's most famous dry basin, is now awash with water at levels some longtime residents say they've never seen before. The Simpson Desert and surrounding outback are undergoing a dramatic transformation, their parched landscape replaced by expanses of water. It's a striking reversal for a region that's spent most of the past century as an arid scar on the map.

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