Hail the Todd River

After posting yesterday about the Murrumbidgee flowing so strongly with recent rains
( https://365project.org/ankers70/365/2022-02-05), I decided for to today's travel photo to go to Alice Springs in central Australia where the Todd River is currently flowing: https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/todd-river-rages-through-alice-springs-for-second-time-in-three-months/536085

The Todd River rarely flows. Most of the time it is just a bare riverbed. The annual Henley on Todd Regatta is a boat race held on a riverbed without water: https://www.australiantraveller.com/nt/red-centre/alice-springs/experience-the-worlds-only-waterless-regatta-on-the-todd-river-in-alice-springs/.

I was in Alice Springs in 2016 when not only did it rain but it poured and most unusually hailed https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2016/06/17/rare-hailstorm-hits-alice-springs

Today's photo, taken on 17th June 2016, is of the Todd riverbed covered in hail.

[Jacqueline]

Looks like freak weather, great capture!

[Susan Wakely]

Interesting scene and narrative.

[Yao RL]

How exciting to have captured the scene like this at Alice Springs.

[Peter Dulis]

lovely

[Corinne]

I like the drawings on he ground

[Joan Robillard]

Amazing

[bkb in the city]

Beautiful landscape shot

[Suzanne]

Those are car tyre marks as the riverbed is usually dry enough to drive on.

@cocobella

[Suzanne]

Thankyou all for your comments.

@bkbinthecity @joansmor @pdulis @wakelys @jacqbb

[Suzanne]

It was amazing to be there to witness something that happens so rarely!

@yaorenliu

[Islandgirl]

Wow that is amazing!

[Suzanne]

Thankyou! It was a pretty amazing sight!
@radiogirl

[borof]

It’s an excellent shot, but I don’t understand how you can hold a rowing competition in a parched riverbed.

[borof]

Sorry I have since looked at the attached link and I already understand. This is such a real crazy race.