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Figure 5.7
Lake Eyre in south-central Australia responds to El Niņo events by drying up. These photos of Lake Eyre were taken in July 1997 (NASA photograph STS094-748-083), January 1998 (NASA photograph STS089-717-055) and April 1998 (NASA photograph NASA7-714-014) and depict the dropping water levels in Lake Eyre due to the regional, El Niņo-induced drought. The graph below the photo shows the regional precipitation deviations due to El Niņo. The cumulative observed precipitation is given by the heavy solid line, and normal precipitation (cumulative) is depicted by the thin dashed line. The red bars indicate when the photos were taken. (Modified from the Climate Prediction Center, 1998.)

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