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15th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest The American Experience
Cotton Field Irrigation

An irrigation sprinkler system next to a recently harvested cotton field. American farmers often have to have irrigation systems in order to qualify for loans to operate their farms to protect the lender from the farmer being unable to repay due to crop loss in the even of a drought.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 12.2016
Date Uploaded: 11.2017
Photo Location: Donalsonville, Georgia, United States of America
Camera: NIKON D5300
Copyright: © Phil Hartman