File:Cotton harvesting at sunset with light orange sky in Batesville, Texas cotton field.jpg
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[edit]DescriptionCotton harvesting at sunset with light orange sky in Batesville, Texas cotton field.jpg |
English: The sunset does not mark the end of a day, the cotton harvesters will work for many more hours into the night, at the Ernie Schirmer Farms, in Batesville, TX, on August 22, 2020. Photo taken during a visit by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Four days ago, rain showered this cotton crop, soaking the soil and making the delicate round cotton bolls droop and dangle from the plant; and softening the soil that has to support the weight of the cotton-picking equipment. Today, an approaching storm motivates them to begin a day early. From 10 AM to 10 PM, harvesters are driven across the circular (pivot irrigated) fields. The harvesters use specialized harvester heads that twist and pull the soft, cotton boll from the plant; and then the cotton bolls are vacuumed up into a large open-air bin. When full, operators return to the mobile industrial area to unload cotton into 'stompers' (module builders). Stompers use a hydraulic ram and tramper beam to compress the cotton into modules, 32 feet long, 7 1/2 feet wide, and 9 1/2 feet tall. Once complete, the stomper is raised and pulled away, simultaneously pulling a protective tarp over the top. Once covered tight, the modules become the property of the cotton gin. At the end of each day, a vacuum is used to pick up all the fallen cotton and added to a module. The storm never made it to Batesville, so they were able to work into the night. The Schirmer family have owned and operated farms in the south-central Texas region for six generations, since 1875. For more information about the Schirmer family and their farms, please go to flic.kr/s/aHsmPYgNPx USDA Photo and Media by Lance Cheung. |
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Author | U.S. Department of Agriculture |
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Camera manufacturer | NIKON CORPORATION |
Camera model | NIKON D850 |
Author | Lance Cheung |
Exposure time | 1/30 sec (0.033333333333333) |
F-number | f/11 |
ISO speed rating | 125 |
Date and time of data generation | 20:05, 22 August 2020 |
Lens focal length | 400 mm |
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Horizontal resolution | 300 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 300 dpi |
Software used | NIKON D850 Ver.1.11 |
File change date and time | 00:43, 12 September 2020 |
Exposure Program | Manual |
Exif version | 2.31 |
Date and time of digitizing | 20:05, 22 August 2020 |
APEX shutter speed | 4.906891 |
APEX aperture | 6.918863 |
APEX exposure bias | 0 |
Maximum land aperture | 4 APEX (f/4) |
Metering mode | Pattern |
Light source | Fine weather |
Flash | Flash did not fire |
DateTimeOriginal subseconds | 04 |
DateTimeDigitized subseconds | 04 |
Color space | Uncalibrated |
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Focal plane Y resolution | 2,301.3246154785 |
Focal plane resolution unit | 3 |
Sensing method | One-chip color area sensor |
File source | Digital still camera |
Scene type | A directly photographed image |
Custom image processing | Normal process |
Exposure mode | Manual exposure |
White balance | Manual white balance |
Focal length in 35 mm film | 400 mm |
Scene capture type | Standard |
Scene control | None |
Contrast | Normal |
Saturation | Normal |
Sharpness | Normal |
Subject distance range | Unknown |
Serial number of camera | 3014896 |
Lens used | 200.0-400.0 mm f/4.0 |
Rating (out of 5) | 5 |
Date metadata was last modified | 19:44, 12 September 2020 |
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Contact information | lance.cheung@usda.gov
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IIM version | 4 |