Taira;Okinawa;Japan

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Compost pile close to a house near Taira, Okinawa. Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Compost pile of grass and other things near the house shown in H58. The pile was 3 feet high, 12 feet long, and about 4 feet wide."

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A double rainbow near the village of Taira, Motobu peninsula. Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "The other leg of the rainbow, with the second or phantom rainbow nearby, also shown in H53. Mountains in the distance."

Scope and Contents Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "The basin of Taira muck and Akamaru loam immediately west of the village of Taira, east coast of Okinawa across from Shana Wan with cutover uplands beyond it. The muck covers all but the margins of the basin, now in rice paddies (tambo to Okinawans) with the plants recently established. The burned forest beyond the basin is on Red-Yellow Podzolic soils from marine sediments, whereas the skyline consists of Lithosols from sandstones...

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People in the rice paddies pulling weeds and scattering fertilizer, west of Taira, Okinawa. Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "The basin shown in H73 but looking directly across it to the north rather than toward the northwest; the small fan across the basin is Akamaru loam. Mountains out of view."

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Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Pandanus tree with fruit along a small stream near the village of Taira, across the island from Shana Wan, Okinawa. This tree, a member of the same family as the pineapple, grows about 8 feet tall."

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Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "One leg of brilliant rainbow near the village of Taira, Motobu peninsula. The house with thatched roof stands on Reddish-Brown Lateritic soils from colluvium, etc., and the terraced slopes to its right are on the Acid Lithosols from sandstones and phyllites."

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Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Sweet potato slips on ridges in bedded rice paddies near Taira, Motobu peninsula, with beds about 24 inches high and 42 inches apart from crest to crest. Other paddies which will be used for rice again this year lie in the distance."

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Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "One of the better kept isolated homes near Taira across the island from Shana Wan, with clipped thatch roof, hibiscus hedge in bloom, yellow flowered and large-fruited squash on arbor, sugar cane to right, tapioca to left, and cutover hillside in the back. The grandmother with the baby in the opening is heading back into the house."