Desert landscape of Nahal Akev creek canyon, 2.5 miles east from Avdat. The Middle East, February 15, 2001
Desert landscape of canyon of Nahal Akev wadi, 2.5 miles east from Avdat. The Middle East, November 17, 2002
Desert landscape of Nahal Akev creek canyon, 2.5 miles east from Avdat. The Middle East, November 17, 2002
In this highly desolate section of the dried Flag Pond, the landscape has been reduced to a severe, almost desert-like expanse of deeply fractured earth. The pale, sun-baked mud is completely broken into a continuous, interlocking mosaic of large desiccation polygons, with wide, dark fissures separating the hardened crust. Dead, curled stalks from last year s aquatic plants are sparsely littered across the barren surface, and in the direct center of the frame, a single, vibrant green cursed buttercup (Ranunculus sceleratus) stands entirely alone. Near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2026