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China's Largest Solar Farm Is Quietly Changing The Desert Around It (www.bgr.com)
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A solar farm in China is greening the land around it by reducing ground water evaporation, cutting down on wind, and adding water to the ground.

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[–] artifex@piefed.social 25 points 19 hours ago

Yep definitely an older photo. But getty images has some more recent ones , with plantlife and even grazing animals that are used to maintain the fields.

This one is from 2023: image