1225-1363 - An Egyptian man climbs the mast of a traditional Felucca sailboat with wooden masts and cotton sails on the River Nile, Aswan, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
1225-1362 - An Egyptian man stands on the bow of a traditional Felucca sailboat with wooden masts and cotton sails on the River Nile, Aswan, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
1225-1360 - An Egyptian man holiding the mast while sailng a traditional Felucca sailboat with wooden masts and cotton sails on the Nile, Aswan, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
1116-42732 - Agriculture - Large field of mature defoliated high-yield stripper cotton at harvest stage in Autumn. This crop has a yield potential of 3 to 4 bales per acre / West Texas, USA.
1116-42731 - Agriculture - Large field of mature defoliated high-yield stripper cotton at harvest stage in Autumn. This crop has a yield potential of 3 to 4 bales per acre / West Texas, USA.
1179-3573 - Cotton grass on the shore of lake Riffelsee with the Matterhorn in the background, Zermatt, canton of Valais, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, Europe
1179-3574 - Cotton grass on the shore of lake Riffelsee with the Matterhorn in the background, Zermatt, canton of Valais, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, Europe
805-1110 - Cotton fibre, hand picked from local cotton fields, being transferred in bulk by digger into the factory for processing, Gujarat, India, Asia
805-1032 - Cut yellow marigolds, weighed and bagged in cotton cloth bundle, for sale in the early morning flower market, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, Asia
809-6876 - Buddhist monks praying, Sai Sin, the cotton thread symbolizing the sacred bond, Wat Simuong (Wat Si Muang), Vientiane, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
1116-39474 - Crop consultant examines no till corn at approximately 8-10 leaf stage, growing on bedded land where previous crop of no till cotton was produced, England, Arkansas, United States of America
1116-39472 - Crop consultant checking plants and conditions of farmland, no till cotton at the seedling stage where corn was previous crop, England, Arkansas, United States of America
1116-39470 - Crop consultant checking progress on no till cotton, approximately 10-12 leaf stage, following previous year's crop of corn, England, Arkansas, United States of America
1179-362 - Blooming of eriofori (cotton grass), Levanne mountains, Aiguille Rousse, Gran Paradiso National Park, Alpi Graie (Graian Alps), Italy, Europe
805-770 - Men washing the starch or dye out of cotton cloth in running water, before drying ready for indigo dyeing, Bhuj district, Gujarat, India, Asia
911-10791 - A fracking site being fracked near Wasco in California's Central Valley, USA, next to a farmers Cotton crop. Fracking for natural gas and oil, has reduced energy prices in the US, but fracking is a water hungry industry, that competes directly with the agricultural sector for water. After a 4 year long drought water is running out. Fracking also contaminates ground water supplies from all the chemicals that are pumped underground to frack the fossil fuel bearing rocks.
911-10321 - Cotton growing in California's Central Valley, which is in the grip of a four year long drought. The catastrophic drought means that no crops will grow without increasingly scarce irrigation water. Many areas of farmland have been abandoned due to the drought.