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Merino sheep crowd the rusty-red earth of an arid New South Wales pastoral landscape, their woolly bodies packed tightly together against the sparse, drought-stricken terrain. Scattered eucalyptus trees punctuate the horizon, casting minimal shade across the bleached and cracked ground, while a pale blue sky suggests the unrelenting heat of an Australian summer. This powerful image captures the resilience of livestock and farmers battling extreme environmental conditions, with the flock's dense clustering revealing their instinctive response to survival. The sheep's thick, creamy-white fleeces contrast dramatically with the ochre soil, creating a textural landscape that speaks to the challenging agricultural conditions of inland Australia. Dusty and compact, the mob demonstrates the hardiness of Merino breeding, their muscular frames and dense wool suggesting generations of adaptation to harsh pastoral environments. Sparse vegetation and dried brush surrounding the flock underscore the critical nature of supplementary feeding during prolonged drought periods. The watermark of "AL-MABIN" suggests this is a professional agricultural documentation, likely capturing the daily realities of sheep management during climate extremes that test the limits of Australian farming communities.