The wind-eroded rocks lay on the ochre earth like silent beasts, with only a few tufts of withered grass stubbornly rooting themselves, their sparse leaves swaying in the hot wind. Looking up, there was the sun blazing without any cloud cover, the sunlight baking the road so that it shimmered with distorted heat waves, making the distant landscape appear blurred. Every step forward for the wilderness survivor was filled with the unknown and challenged. Desert, sandy beach, gobi, wild grass, road surface, game scene, wilderness survival, landscape, natural space