2016年10月25日 星期二

View from Above, 從上面往下看

An aerial view of watermelon terraces in Xibeile Village under Yongle Township in Baise City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on March 14, 2016. Yongle Township is the hometown of watermelons in Guangxi. The planting there covers an area of 15,000 mu (about 1,000 hectares), with an output of 28,000 tons of watermelons annually. (Photo by Huang Xiaobang/Xinhua via ZUMA Wire)
Luling, Louisiana, US. New evidence contradicts previous claims of the relative safety of glyphosate, the world’s most widely used herbicide, which is manufactured here. It is often used in conjunction with seeds that have been genetically modified to tolerate its application, meaning that anyone consuming these crops is eating a genetically modified plant, and whatever residue of the pesticide that remains. (Photo by J. Henry Fair/Industrial Scars/Papadakis Publisher)
An aerial view shows a pond surrounded by trees in a field near Sieversdorf, Brandenburg, Germany, 14 April 2016. Such natural environments form ecologically valuable habitats in heavily used agricultural areas. (Photo by Patrick Pleul/EPA)
Hurley, New Mexico, US. Copper ore leaching pad at El Chino mine. A network of pipes drips dilute sulphuric acid which percolates through massive heaps of low-grade ore, leaching a solution collected at the bottom for refining to metallic copper in the solvent extraction and electrowinning process. (Photo by J. Henry Fair/Industrial Scars/Papadakis Publisher)
An aerial view shows a boat making its way on the Scharmuetzelsee near Bad Sarow, eastern Germany on April 29, 2014. (Photo by Patrick Pleul/AFP Photo/DPA)
A bleached “bathtub ring” is visible on the rocky banks of Lake Powell on March 28, 2015 in Lake Powell, Utah. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Gramercy, Louisiana, US. Red mud waste material is pumped on to the upper surface of a massive waste impoundment in a water slurry. The impoundments are essentially very large shallow bowls, engineered to de-water the slurry through evaporation and an internal drainage system fed by an arrangement of funnel-like decant points where water collects in pools. (Photo by J. Henry Fair/Industrial Scars/Papadakis Publisher)
Farmers have started planting rice seedlings in the terraced fields of Honghe county in Yunnan, China on April 14, 2016. (Photo by Xinhua/Barcroft Media)
Aerial view taken on May 12, 2016 shows cars driving on the winding L401 country road past rapeseed fields near Nienstedt close to Bad Muender am Deister, central Germany. (Photo by Julian Stratenschulte/AFP Photo/DPA)
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