The first is a typical view from the air. Most villages are composed of low mud walls forming more or less rectangular shapes, within which is the family farming plot and the one-story mud house. The only green comes near the river or near the irrigation canals. Outside the villages - sometimes not very far outside - often the earth is so parched that it is scarred with long cracks. The last three photos show a pattern I hadn't seen before. I don't know what caused this. The river isn't very close; it's clearly not caused by water erosion. But maybe this has something to do with groundwater being removed, and then the earth collapsing. I don't know. Whatever the cause, I thought it was worth posting the photos.
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