Jean E. Roche / Aerial view of cracks in dry salt pans, Salins de Giraud, Camargue, Southern France, September 2004

Wild Wonders of Europe / Nill / European Green toads (Bufo viridis) appearing from between cracks in dried mud, Bulgaria, May 2008

Juan Carlos Munoz / Tracks in cracked, dry mud, Arizona, USA

Niall Benvie / Cracks in drying mud, Cromarty, Scotland UK

Theo Allofs / Mud cracks after unusual winter rains rains and subsequent drought, near Aub, Diamanten Sperrgebiet, Namib Desert, Namibia

Adrian Davies / Dried up river bed, Drought of 2006, Sussex, UK

Adrian Davies / Mud cracks in dry river bed, drought of 2006, Sussex, UK

Pete Oxford / Cracks in dried mud, Atacama Desert, Chile, South America