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Colorado Dust Storms
Aerial view of two tractors in field plowing trench-like furrows in methods called "listing" to counteract wind &"contouring" (furrows plowed at right angles to the slopes to hold any rain), in order to save top soil against the ravages of dust storms.
Location:CO, US
Date taken:May 1954
Photographer:Margaret Bourke-White
Size:925 x 1280 pixels (12.8 x 17.8 inches)

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