25-09-2020 Pennsylvania, USA. Empty LNG railway tankers stored in a railyard. Southwest Pennsylvania has seen intense activity in hydraulic fracking for natural gas. © Jim West

12-08-2020 Detroit, USA. Discarded nitrous oxide cannisters littering the streets in southwest Detroit. Also called Laughing gas, the drug, when inhaled, gives a quick but brief high © Jim West

12-08-2020 Detroit, USA. Discarded nitrous oxide cannisters littering the streets in southwest Detroit. Also called Laughing gas, the drug, when inhaled, gives a quick but brief high © Jim West

12-08-2020 Detroit, USA. Discarded nitrous oxide cannisters littering the streets in southwest Detroit. Also called Laughing gas, the drug, when inhaled, gives a quick but brief high © Jim West

13-11-2017 Lordsburg, New Mexico, USA A lorry carrying wind turbine blade, Interstate 10 © Jim West

10-11-2017 Casa Grande, Arizona Desert USA A Corona Satellite Calibration Target, one of 256 satellite calibration markers placed in the desert by the U. S. Air Force and the Central Intelligence Agency during t... © Jim West

10-11-2017 Casa Grande, Arizona desert, USA An abandoned irrigation ditch © Jim West

10-11-2017 Eloy, Arizona USA, Eloy Immigration Detention Center, a private prison operated by CoreCivic, formerly the Corrections Corporation of America for Immigration and Customs Enforcement © Jim West

10-11-2017 Eloy, Arizona USA, Eloy Immigration Detention Center, a private prison operated by CoreCivic, formerly the Corrections Corporation of America for Immigration and Customs Enforcement © Jim West

10-11-2017 Eloy, Arizona USA, Eloy Immigration Detention Center, a private prison operated by CoreCivic, formerly the Corrections Corporation of America for Immigration and Customs Enforcement © Jim West

14-09-2017 Pennsylvania, USA. Vertical hydraulic fracturing tanks used to store water and other materials for hydraulic fracturing in rural southwest Pennsylvania where fracking is widespread. © Jim West

18-04-2017 Tucson, Arizona, USA Mexican Border, Tucson Samaritans placing crosses in the desert where the remains of immigrants were found. Hundreds of migrants from Mexico and Central America die trying to evad... © Jim West

18-04-2017 Tucson, Arizona, USA Mexican Border, Tucson Samaritans placing crosses in the desert where the remains of immigrants were found. Hundreds of migrants from Mexico and Central America die trying to evad... © Jim West

18-04-2017 Tucson, Arizona, USA Mexican Border, Tucson Samaritans placing crosses in the desert where the remains of immigrants were found. Hundreds of migrants from Mexico and Central America die trying to evad... © Jim West

18-04-2017 Tucson, Arizona, USA Mexican Border, Tucson Samaritans placing crosses in the desert where the remains of immigrants were found. Hundreds of migrants from Mexico and Central America die trying to evad... © Jim West

18-04-2017 Tucson, Arizona, USA Mexican Border, Tucson Samaritans placing crosses in the desert where the remains of immigrants were found. Hundreds of migrants from Mexico and Central America die trying to evad... © Jim West

18-04-2017 Tucson, Arizona, USA Mexican Border, Tucson Samaritans placing crosses in the desert where the remains of immigrants were found. Hundreds of migrants from Mexico and Central America die trying to evad... © Jim West

18-04-2017 Tucson, Arizona, USA Mexican Border, Tucson Samaritans placing crosses in the desert where the remains of immigrants were found. Hundreds of migrants from Mexico and Central America die trying to evad... © Jim West

18-04-2017 Tucson, Arizona, USA Mexican Border, Tucson Samaritans placing crosses in the desert where the remains of immigrants were found. Hundreds of migrants from Mexico and Central America die trying to evad... © Jim West

18-04-2017 Tucson, Arizona, USA Mexican Border, Tucson Samaritans placing crosses in the desert where the remains of immigrants were found. Hundreds of migrants from Mexico and Central America die trying to evad... © Jim West

18-04-2017 Tucson, Arizona, USA Mexican Border, Tucson Samaritans placing crosses in the desert where the remains of immigrants were found. Hundreds of migrants from Mexico and Central America die trying to evad... © Jim West

18-04-2017 Tucson, Arizona, USA Mexican Border, Tucson Samaritans placing crosses in the desert where the remains of immigrants were found. Hundreds of migrants from Mexico and Central America die trying to evad... © Jim West

18-04-2017 Tucson, Arizona, USA Mexican Border, Tucson Samaritans placing crosses in the desert where the remains of immigrants were found. Hundreds of migrants from Mexico and Central America die trying to evad... © Jim West

18-04-2017 Tucson, Arizona, USA Mexican Border, Tucson Samaritans placing crosses in the desert where the remains of immigrants were found. Hundreds of migrants from Mexico and Central America die trying to evad... © Jim West

18-04-2017 Tucson, Arizona - Members of the Tucson Samaritans place crosses in the desert at the places where the remains of migrants were found. Hundreds of migrants from Mexico and Central America have perishe... © Jim West

18-04-2017 Tucson, Arizona, USA Mexican Border, Tucson Samaritans placing crosses in the desert where the remains of immigrants were found. Hundreds of migrants from Mexico and Central America die trying to evad... © Jim West

18-04-2017 Tucson, Arizona, USA Mexican Border, Tucson Samaritan leaving water in the Arizona desert. The aim is to prevent the deaths of some of the hundreds of migrants who die crossing the US Mexico border ea... © Jim West

18-04-2017 Tucson, Arizona, USA Mexican Border, Tucson Samaritans placing crosses in the desert where the remains of immigrants were found. Hundreds of migrants from Mexico and Central America die trying to evad... © Jim West

18-04-2017 Tucson, Arizona, USA A water tank used by ranchers for cattle in the desert. A cross indicates that an immigrant died here when he climbed in to get water and drowned when he could not get out. Hundre... © Jim West

17-10-2016 Gila Bend, Arizona, USA, The Solana Generating Station, the largest parabolic trough solar plant in the world © Jim West

17-10-2016 Gila Bend, Arizona, USA, The Solana Generating Station, the largest parabolic trough solar plant in the world © Jim West

17-10-2016 Gila Bend, Arizona, USA, The Solana Generating Station, the largest parabolic trough solar plant in the world © Jim West

17-10-2016 Gila Bend, Arizona, USA, The Solana Generating Station, the largest parabolic trough solar plant in the world © Jim West

17-10-2016 Gila Bend, Arizona, USA, The Solana Generating Station, the largest parabolic trough solar plant in the world © Jim West

17-10-2016 Gila Bend, Arizona, USA, The Solana Generating Station, the largest parabolic trough solar plant in the world © Jim West

15-10-2016 Ocotillo, California - The Ocotillo Wind Project uses 112 wind turbines to generate 265MW of electricity. The wind farm is operated by Pattern Energy. © Jim West

15-10-2016 Ocotillo, California - The Ocotillo Wind Project uses 112 wind turbines to generate 265MW of electricity. The wind farm is operated by Pattern Energy © Jim West

12-10-2016 Thoreau, New Mexico - A second grade class studies spelling at St. Bonaventure Indian School, a Catholic school on the Navajo Nation. © Jim West

12-10-2016 Thoreau, New Mexico - A second grade class studies spelling at St. Bonaventure Indian School, a Catholic school on the Navajo Nation. © Jim West

12-10-2016 Thoreau, New Mexico - A girl raises her had to be called on during a before-school assembly at St. Bonaventure Indian School, a Catholic school on the Navajo Nation. © Jim West

12-10-2016 Thoreau, New Mexico - An eighth grade language arts class at St. Bonaventure Indian School, a Catholic school on the Navajo Nation. © Jim West

12-10-2016 Thoreau, New Mexico - Classroom assistant Jennifer Vandever works with a student in a kindergarten classroom at St. Bonaventure Indian School, a Catholic school on the Navajo Nation. © Jim West

12-10-2016 Thoreau, New Mexico - Teacher Denise Whelan works with a student in a kindergarten classroom at St. Bonaventure Indian School, a Catholic school on the Navajo Nation. © Jim West

12-10-2016 Thoreau, New Mexico - A kindergarten classroom at St. Bonaventure Indian School, a Catholic school on the Navajo Nation. © Jim West

12-10-2016 Thoreau, New Mexico - A kindergarten classroom at St. Bonaventure Indian School, a Catholic school on the Navajo Nation. © Jim West

11-10-2016 Thoreau, New Mexico - A Navajo girl runs home after being dropped off by a school bus from St. Bonaventure Indian School, a Catholic school on the Navajo Nation © Jim West

11-10-2016 Mariano Lake, New Mexico, USA, Poisoned water for the Navajo. Sign warning of radiation danger on the site of an abandoned uranium mine, one of more than 500 abandoned mines on Navajo Nation land. Thi... © Jim West

11-10-2016 Mariano Lake, New Mexico, USA, Poisoned water for the Navajo. Sign warning of radiation danger on the site of an abandoned uranium mine, one of more than 500 abandoned mines on Navajo Nation land. Thi... © Jim West

11-10-2016 Mariano Lake, New Mexico, USA, Poisoned water for the Navajo. Sign warning of radiation danger on the site of an abandoned uranium mine, one of more than 500 abandoned mines on Navajo Nation land. Thi... © Jim West

11-10-2016 Thoreau, New Mexico, clean water being delivered by St. Bonaventure Indian Mission for a Navajo family. A third of the Navajo Nation lack a water supply in some places because past uranium mining has... © Jim West

11-10-2016 Thoreau, New Mexico, clean water being delivered by St. Bonaventure Indian Mission for a Navajo family. A third of the Navajo Nation lack a water supply in some places because past uranium mining has... © Jim West

11-10-2016 Thoreau, New Mexico, clean water being delivered by St. Bonaventure Indian Mission for a Navajo family. A third of the Navajo Nation lack a water supply in some places because past uranium mining has... © Jim West

11-10-2016 Thoreau, New Mexico, clean water being delivered by St. Bonaventure Indian Mission for a Navajo family. A third of the Navajo Nation lack a water supply in some places because past uranium mining has... © Jim West

11-10-2016 Thoreau, New Mexico, clean water being delivered by St. Bonaventure Indian Mission for a Navajo family. A third of the Navajo Nation lack a water supply in some places because past uranium mining has... © Jim West

11-10-2016 Thoreau, New Mexico, clean water being delivered by St. Bonaventure Indian Mission for a Navajo family. A third of the Navajo Nation lack a water supply in some places because past uranium mining has... © Jim West

11-10-2016 Thoreau, New Mexico, clean water being delivered by St. Bonaventure Indian Mission for a Navajo family. A third of the Navajo Nation lack a water supply in some places because past uranium mining has... © Jim West

11-10-2016 Thoreau, New Mexico, clean water being delivered by St. Bonaventure Indian Mission for a Navajo family. A third of the Navajo Nation lack a water supply in some places because past uranium mining has... © Jim West

11-10-2016 Thoreau, New Mexico, clean water being delivered by St. Bonaventure Indian Mission for a Navajo family. A third of the Navajo Nation lack a water supply in some places because past uranium mining has... © Jim West

11-10-2016 Thoreau, New Mexico, clean water being delivered by St. Bonaventure Indian Mission for a Navajo family. A third of the Navajo Nation lack a water supply in some places because past uranium mining has... © Jim West

11-10-2016 Thoreau, New Mexico, clean water being delivered by St. Bonaventure Indian Mission for a Navajo family. A third of the Navajo Nation lack a water supply in some places because past uranium mining has... © Jim West

07-10-2016 Tucson, Arizona USA, quilt made from clothing left by migrants crossing the Arizona desert. Made by members of the Migrant Quilt Project, the quilts document the nearly 3,000 deaths of migrants trying... © Jim West

07-10-2016 Tucson, Arizona USA, quilt made from clothing left by migrants crossing the Arizona desert. Made by members of the Migrant Quilt Project, the quilts document the nearly 3,000 deaths of migrants trying... © Jim West

07-10-2016 Tucson, Arizona USA, quilt made from clothing left by migrants crossing the Arizona desert. Made by members of the Migrant Quilt Project, the quilts document the nearly 3,000 deaths of migrants trying... © Jim West

07-10-2016 Tucson, Arizona USA, quilt made from clothing left by migrants crossing the Arizona desert. Made by members of the Migrant Quilt Project, the quilts document the nearly 3,000 deaths of migrants trying... © Jim West

07-10-2016 Tucson, Arizona USA, quilt made from clothing left by migrants crossing the Arizona desert. Made by members of the Migrant Quilt Project, the quilts document the nearly 3,000 deaths of migrants trying... © Jim West

07-10-2016 Tucson, Arizona USA, quilt made from clothing left by migrants crossing the Arizona desert. Made by members of the Migrant Quilt Project, the quilts document the nearly 3,000 deaths of migrants trying... © Jim West

12-07-2016 Las Vegas, Nevada - Immigrants studying for the U.S. citizenship test in a free class sponsored by the Culinary Union and the Clark County School District © Jim West

12-07-2016 Las Vegas, Nevada - Immigrants studying for the U.S.A. citizenship test in a free class sponsored by the Culinary Union and the Clark County School District © Jim West

12-07-2016 Las Vegas, Nevada - Immigrants studying for the U.S.A. citizenship test in a free class sponsored by the Culinary Union and the Clark County School District © Jim West

12-07-2016 Las Vegas, Nevada - Immigrants studying for the U.S.A. citizenship test in a free class sponsored by the Culinary Union and the Clark County School District © Jim West

12-07-2016 Las Vegas, Nevada - Immigrants studying for the U.S.A. citizenship test in a free class sponsored by the Culinary Union and the Clark County School District © Jim West

12-07-2016 Las Vegas, Nevada - Immigrants studying for the U.S.A. citizenship test in a free class sponsored by the Culinary Union and the Clark County School District © Jim West

12-07-2016 Las Vegas, Nevada - Immigrants studying for the U.S.A. citizenship test in a free class sponsored by the Culinary Union and the Clark County School District © Jim West

12-07-2016 Las Vegas, Nevada - Immigrants studying for the U.S.A. citizenship test in a free class sponsored by the Culinary Union and the Clark County School District © Jim West

12-07-2016 Las Vegas, Nevada - Immigrants studying for the U.S.A. citizenship test in a free class sponsored by the Culinary Union and the Clark County School District © Jim West

12-07-2016 Las Vegas, Nevada - Immigrants studying for the U.S.A. citizenship test in a free class sponsored by the Culinary Union and the Clark County School District © Jim West

12-07-2016 Las Vegas, Nevada - Immigrants studying for the U.S.A. citizenship test in a free class sponsored by the Culinary Union and the Clark County School District © Jim West

12-07-2016 Las Vegas, Nevada - Immigrants studying for the U.S.A. citizenship test in a free class sponsored by the Culinary Union and the Clark County School District © Jim West

25-06-2016 Bakersfield, California, Solar panels in the desert, San Joaquin Valley © Jim West

25-06-2016 Bakersfield, California: Irrigation of crops on a farm, San Joaquin Valley © Jim West

24-06-2016 Buttonwillow, California, sign on a farm equating water shortages with higher food prices, New groundwater regulations will result in hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland taken out of production... © Jim West

24-06-2016 Tehachapi, California. Wind turbines in the Tehachapi Wind Resource Area. A dozen companies operate about 5,000 turbines on the site © Jim West

12-10-2015 The Bradbury Science Museum exhibition of nuclear weapons research at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Understanding how Nuclear Weapons work Los Alamos, New Mexico © Jim West

12-10-2015 The Bradbury Science Museum exhibition of nuclear weapons research at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Visitors looking at a replica of Fat Man, the plutonium bomb dropped on Japan at Nagasaki at the e... © Jim West

12-10-2015 The Bradbury Science Museum exhibition of nuclear weapons research at Los Alamos National Laboratory.The detonator for Fat Man, the plutonium bomb dropped on Nagasaki Japan at the end of World War II.... © Jim West

12-10-2015 The Bradbury Science Museum exhibition of nuclear weapons research at Los Alamos National Laboratory. A display on The Manhattan Project includes figures of the project head General Leslie R. Groves (... © Jim West

12-10-2015 The Bradbury Science Museum exhibition of nuclear weapons research at Los Alamos National Laboratory, including a casing for the B61 nuclear bomb. Los Alamos, New Mexico © Jim West

12-10-2015 The Bradbury Science Museum exhibition of nuclear weapons research at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Replicas of the nuclear weapons that were dropped on Japan at the end of World War II: Little Boy... © Jim West

12-10-2015 Los Alamos, New Mexico - A display at the Los Alamos Historical Museum. The museum contains artifacts and information about the Manhattan Project, which produced the world's first atomic bomb. Nuclear... © Jim West

12-10-2015 The Bradbury Science Museum exhibition of nuclear weapons research at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Replicas of the nuclear weapons that were dropped on Japan at the end of World War II: Little Boy... © Jim West

12-10-2015 Los Alamos Historical Museum, a cake topped by the shape of a mushroom cloud which celebrated the Bikini Atoll program of atomic tests, Operation Crossroads, in 1946. The museum contains artifacts and... © Jim West

14-07-2015 Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) project removing radioactive uranium from the old Atlas Uranium Mill site. The mill processed uranium for nuclear weapons and nuclear power plants fr... © Jim West

14-07-2015 Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) project removing radioactive uranium from the old Atlas Uranium Mill site. The mill processed uranium for nuclear weapons and nuclear power plants fr... © Jim West

04-05-2014 Detroit, Michigan - Rev. John Cummings, pastor of Grace In Action Lutheran Church, performs the Blessing of the Lowriders. The annual event occurs after the Cinco de Mayo parade in southwest Detroit's... © Jim West

04-05-2014 Detroit, Michigan - The annual Cinco de Mayo parade in the Mexican-American neighborhood of southwest Detroit. © Jim West

04-05-2014 Detroit, Michigan - The annual Cinco de Mayo parade in the Mexican-American neighborhood of southwest Detroit. © Jim West

04-05-2014 Detroit, Michigan - The annual Cinco de Mayo parade in the Mexican-American neighborhood of southwest Detroit. © Jim West

04-05-2014 Detroit, Michigan - The annual Cinco de Mayo parade in the Mexican-American neighborhood of southwest Detroit. © Jim West

04-05-2014 Detroit, Michigan - Rev. John Cummings, pastor of Grace In Action Lutheran Church, performs the Blessing of the Lowriders. The annual event occurs after the Cinco de Mayo parade in southwest Detroit's... © Jim West

04-05-2014 Detroit, Michigan - A motorcycle rider in the annual Cinco de Mayo parade in the Mexican-American neighborhood of southwest Detroit. He is a member of Hogs in Ministry, a group of Christian bikers. © Jim West