The field on the left has standing water (which looks white from the reflection of the sky in this photo). The field on the right with living plants and covered soil does not have standing water, illustrating the impact of management practices.

If you look along the road on the right where the road converges in the distance it still looks like it's flooded, it's just with plantings too. It's the lighter areas where the plant life is lower to the ground that the water looks present. Looks more like the water is sheeting over the road from a higher area on the right to the lower area on the left, which would explain why it's is less brown, (a big positive) thus less erosion because the greenery retained soil, AND slowed water speed. Think the picture does tell a positive story, but a different one than narrated. I do believe in the positive impact of avoiding by soilby always having them covered with living plants.. Still think photos got mixed up.