Caption

Buckeye, Arizona - A an empty concrete irrigation ditch runs next to an unused field on a farm in the Arizona desert. Water availability is an increasing problem as drought affects the western U.S

Date

Jan 31, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Jim West

Reference

BRK26C28_281

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.6Mb (5.0Mb) / 14.2in x 21.3in / 4252 x 6378 (300dpi)

Keywords

empty concrete farmland Farmyard agriculture problem drought water Butterfly Insect animal Arizona North America USA America wildlife diurnal butterfly Brush-footed butterfly American agricultural dry irrigation ditch desert landscape unused US-American orthographic ditch Southwest West wildlife photography natural environment flying insect Junonia coenia Desert water blank cropland farm farming dryness waterfront Lepidopteran United States of America fauna Four-footed butterfly agrarian arid scenery orthographical moat habitat pterygote insect common buckeye field cropping farm United States countryside vertical Western natural habitat buckeye Pastureland US-America landscape photo Pastures Arable land farm field emptying farmlands problems droughts waters Butterflies Insects animals diurnal butterflies Brush-footed butterflies agriculturally irrigation ditches deserts landscapes ditches Südwesten natural environments flying insects farms sceneries pterygote insects fields cropping farms empties farm land south - west landscape photograph landscape shot