Amazing aerial picture shows incredible contrast at SA and Victoria border
On the Victorian side, lush greenery can be seen spanning hundreds of kilometres along the border. On the South Australian side is a more bare landscape.
As incredible photo captured on board a Perth-bound flight from Sydney has shown the remarkable difference in landscapes along the South Australia-Victoria border.
Photographer James Gourley snapped the astonishing shot earlier this week, sharing his view from the plane with Yahoo News.
Photographer 'shocked' by divide
"I was shocked by the divide so I tracked the flight to see what it was and realised immediately it was the state border," the Sydney man said. "It was right at the north-western point of the Victoria and South Australia border," he continued, admitting his confusion over the vast difference in terrains.
On the Victorian side, lush greenery can be seen spanning hundreds of kilometres along the border. On the South Australian side, a more bare landscape is seen.
Simple explanation for border contrast
While several theories were put forward over what has caused such a stark divide seemingly metres apart — with one suggestion being that perhaps the dense greenery was due to plantation trees — the answer is in fact simple, a spokesperson for SA Forest Products Association explained.
"We do not grow plantation trees in either SA or Victoria much north of Bordertown," the spokesperson told Yahoo News Australia.
"What that image shows is managed agriculture on the South Australian side and national park (largely scrub land) on the Victorian side of the border."
In a satellite view, managed agriculture can also be seen in Victoria beside the Murray-Sunset National Park.
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