From the archive record
An aerial over-flight over rice paddies of the Sunderbans region in West Bengal. Sunderbans region with paddy fields all brown and awaiting harvest, as seen aerially, in this aerial view, from the air. Green strips of rice cultivation and other crops as seen aerially. Wide vast swathes of agricultural lands alongside the distributaries of the Ganga river in the Sunderbands region of mangroves and low-lying flood plains of the Ganges delta. Kheta bari fields of Bengal, along the Ganga nadi. Sunderbans Tiger country: Aerial view of agriculture-forest interface from West Bengal, as seen aerially, from the air, in this aerial view.