857-90888 - Tourists explore the natural salt flats on the shores of Laguna San Ignacio, Baja California Sur, Mexico. In 2000, thanks to national and international pressure, the Mexican government cancelled a joint venture with Mitsubishi subsidiary ESSA (Exportadora de Sal, S.A) to establish the largest industrial salt evaporation facility in the world. Designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site and part of the Vizcaino Biosphere Reserve, the lagoon is the last undeveloped gray whale birthing area on the planet, Mexico
1174-1004 - A man sampling in a coffee processing shed, where staff make coffee in small pots and sample the taste to test the blend, New York state, USA
1174-1006 - The sampling procedure in a coffee processing shed, where staff make coffee in small pots and sample the taste to test the blend, New York state, USA
1174-1007 - The sampling procedure in a coffee processing shed, where staff make coffee in small pots and sample the taste to test the blend, New York state, USA
832-315930 - Delivery of steel pipes at the temporary storage facility for the Baltic Sea pipeline, which will transport gas from the Russian town of Wyborg to Greifswald, beginning in 2012, Sassnitz, Ruegen Island, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe
832-315932 - Delivery of steel pipes at the temporary storage facility for the Baltic Sea pipeline, which will transport gas from the Russian town of Wyborg to Greifswald, beginning in 2012, Sassnitz, Ruegen Island, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe
832-98833 - Aerial view, Feldhausen prison, Extraschicht 2010, night of industrial culture, summer festival of the Kulturhauptstadt Capital of Culture 2010, Gelsenkirchen, Ruhrgebiet area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe
832-65710 - Transmission facilities on the old chimney of a dilapidated brick factory against the blue sky, Spardorf, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe
832-87884 - An automated, driverless cart shuttles transmission parts from one work station to another at General Motors' Toledo Transmission Facility, Toledo, Ohio, USA
832-65706 - Transmission facilities on the old chimney of a dilapidated brick factory against the blue sky, Spardorf, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe
857-29734 - John Siekowski rappels among industrial propane tanks at a facility in Gaviota, California on March 29, 2004. John is a member of the Santa Barbara County Search and Rescue. (Photo by Kevin Steele, Aurora)
975-100 - Acting as beacons of Western wealth and power, Petrol stations, usually the cleanest, most colourful and well staffed of any facility in Rwanda, regularly facilitate gatherings. Kigali, Rwanda, East Africa