Aerial photography in agriculture;Japan--Aerial photographs

Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "The occupancy and use of small raised beach, alluvial fan, and plateau slopes in southern Okinawa. Rice is fully headed and beginning to ripen in paddies separated by grass-covered dikes on beach and fan. Upland slopes, large Reddish Brown Lateritic soils from limestone, are site of village and are used for sweet potatoes, manioc, and some other crops. Plateau is supported by limestone."

Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Small raised beach below limestone plateau at the south tip, almost southeast tip, of Okinawa with the Philippine Sea beyond the coral reef to the left. The raised beach is largely in rice, now fully headed and ripening, whereas the upland slope is in grass, brush, and some patches of sweet potatoes. Cycads are growing on the nearby slump blocks of limestone."