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Flames lick across the night-dark landscape, transforming sugarcane fields into a blazing canvas of orange and yellow. Controlled burning illuminates the agricultural terrain, a critical stage of the pre-harvest ritual in New South Wales' sugarcane regions. Precise lines of fire consume dry vegetation, clearing fields and preparing for mechanical harvesting while naturally managing crop residue and pest populations. The intense heat radiates outward, casting dramatic shadows along carefully demarcated field boundaries and drainage channels. Smoke billows skyward, creating a primal tableau that speaks to generations of agricultural practice and the rhythmic renewal of the land. This striking nocturnal scene captures the raw, elemental process of agricultural management, where fire becomes a strategic tool in the complex choreography of crop production.