"We all leave an impact" – National Park reveals how one dropped bag of Cheetos transformed an entire ecosystem

Careless climbers in mountain trashing water bottle on the grass.

A social media post by a US National Park has revealed the extent of the impact that a single dropped piece of trash can cause.

In the Facebook post, which you can view below, New Mexico's Carlsbad Caverns National Park shared a photograph of an opened bag of Cheetos that had been dropped – or perhaps deliberately tossed – in one of its caves, known as the Big Room.