This picture was taken on the way back from collecting field measurements at the Lordsburg Playa in southwestern New Mexico, USA. The setting sun highlights the contrast between the dry, cracked soil and the standing water from antecedent rainfall. A playa is a flat topographic depression in arid or semi-arid regions that contains a large amount of deposited sediment. When the surface of the playa ...[Read More]
Imaggeo on Mondays: The Crossroads of Flood and Drought
Day and Night – Flood and Drought. Credit: Martina Klose (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)