Michigan residents get dirty on annual mud day – in pictures

Apparently it took 200 tonnes of top soil and 20,000 gallons of water to create this Michigan mud pit. A job well done Photograph: Carlos Osorio/AP

"OHMYGODIliterallycannotbelieveyoujustdidthat" Photograph: Jeff Kowalsky/EPA

Mud masks: maintaining healthy skin since, ooh, ages Photograph: Jeff Kowalsky/EPA

Goggles: a good idea at any time Photograph: Bill Pugliano/Getty Images

Here, three kids practise their old English backstroke Photograph: Bill Pugliano/Getty Images

Bundle! Photograph: Jeff Kowalsky/EPA

And his mum put clean sheets on his bed only yesterday Photograph: Jeff Kowalsky/EPA

There's definitely a joke in here somwhere about the Baseball Ground pitch circa 1975 Photograph: Bill Pugliano/Getty Images

Blue eyes, white teeth, muddy face Photograph: Jeff Kowalsky/EPA