More than a year of drought has exposed former settlements on the edge of a Texas lake.
Image of the Day Land Drought
A new map reveals the extreme depletion of groundwater in Texas and other parts of the southern United States due to drought.
Image of the Day Land Drought Remote Sensing
Extreme heat helped push as much as 26 percent of the contiguous United States into drought in July 2011. This image shows the impact on plants throughout the month.
Image of the Day Land Life Drought
Severe drought has taken a serious toll on vegetation and farmers in Texas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma.
This vegetation map reveals the impact severe drought was having on plants in Texas in April 2011.
Heat Land Life Drought
This temperature map shows the extremely warm temperatures that helped create hazardous fire conditions in Texas in April.
Image of the Day Heat Land Drought