IT WAS SUMMER on the Birdsville Track and the temperature was 52°C At Mungerannie station, near Marree in SA, there was a radio message waiting Tor writer Paul Mann and me from the police at Leigh Creek south - there was a man walking alone on the track. He d packed up his swag and walked out of the cattle station that morning with only 1L of water.He was wearing a bright red felt hat, which we easily spotted a couple of kilometres along in the flat desert landscape. Paul was driving and I asked him to pull up short and allow me to jump out. The man in the red hat looked back briefly and I signalled him to keep going as I took the photo that would become a signature imagefor AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC for many years.
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机译：夏天在山上的夏天，温度为52°C在Mungerannie站，在SA附近的Marree，有一个无线电信息等待着Workiter Paul Mann和Me in Peigh Creek South的警察 - 有一个人独自行走 轨道。 他打了起来的赃物，那天早上只有1磅水走出牛站。他穿着一个明亮的红色毛毡帽，我们很容易在平坦的沙漠景观中散布几公里。 保罗正在开车，我让他匆匆赶上，让我跳出来。 红色帽子的男人简要回顾一下，我发出给他继续前进，因为我拍摄了将成为澳大利亚地理的签名形象多年来。
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