Animal skull, rocks and cracked dry earth, Outback, South Australia, Australia, Pacific

Papaya plant in sunbaked soil, Sekota, Ethiopia, Africa

Cracked mud in a dried up water hole, Painted Desert, Hopi Reservation, Navajo Nation Reservation, Arizona, Southwest, United States of America, USA, North America

Cracked mud in a dried up water hole, Painted Desert, Hopi Reservation, Navajo Nation Reservation, Arizona, Southwest, United States of America, USA, North America

Desiccation cracks, Bonneville Speedway, Great Salt Lake Desert, Wendover, Utah, USA

Cracks in red soil, Lausitz, Germany

Cracks in clay soil, Madeira, Portugal

Impacts of climate change, dried soil at the edge of a drying up watering hole, Gran Chaco, Salta province, Argentina, South America

Cracks in clay soil form mosaic-like structure, geothermal field, Namafjall, Myvatn, Krafla volcanic system, Iceland, Europe