Chiquicamata Coppermine, Atacama Desert, Chile, South America

Geo-thermal power plant, Svartsengi, Iceland

BP Chemicals' Petrochemicals Plant, Grangemouth, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK

Aswan Dam, Aswan, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Salt pans, Saline, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Processing cotton in a village, Punjab, Pakistan, Asia

Fumoir d'Antan, a traditional herring smokehouse, Pointe-Basse, Havre aux Maisons island, Magdalen Islands, Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Quebec province, Canada, North America

Sack of coffee beans, region of Armenia, department of Quindio, Cordillera Central of the Andes mountain range, Colombia, South America

Manufacturing of cigars, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain, Atlantic Ocean, Europe

Oak aging barrels for wine, Vista Alegre Winery, Ica, Peru, South America

Large wooden aging casks for wine, Tacama Winery, Ica, Peru, South America

Cap Nyonya Oriental Lemonade Factory, Pekalongan, Java island, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Women workers at Tapel Koeda Kretek (Clove Cigarette) Factory at Juwana, Java island, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Rinsing stage in dyeing process, Kidang Mas Batik House, Lasem, Java island, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Feet fulling of cloth in the dyeing process, Kidang Mas Batik House, Lasem, Java island, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Smiling woman with thanaka paste on her face, folding sheets of pressed, cooked rice in rice noodle factory, Hsipaw, Shan state, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

A man cleaning wool for dyeing in the small village of Angkor Ban, Battambang Province, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

AI generated image of a Futuristic humanoid robot working in a car assembly production line

Hand block printing, second process, visually registered, using natural dyes on cotton, Bhuj district, Gujarat, India, Asia

Roasting coffee beans, Keren, Eritrea, Africa

Woman stacking bundles of bamboo ready for lime washing as part of the hand made paper making process, Hsipaw, Shan state, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Blurred motion of apples flowing on conveyor belt after the washing process, Valtellina, Sondrio province, Lombardy, Italy, Europe

Water tanks full of apples in rows during the washing process, Valtellina, Sondrio province, Lombardy, Italy, Europe

Man dipping bunches of bamboo into limewash to assist in oftening them for the papermaking process, Hsipaw, Shan state, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Men squeezing cooked rice through a machine before pressing into flat sheets to make fresh rice noodles, Hsipaw, Shan state, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Close-up of latex collecting in a pot during the process of rubber tapping in Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Copper stills for whisky process in traditional Still House part of Visitor Centre visitors tour at Tobermory Distillery, Isle of Mull, Inner Hebrides and Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Rubber making process, Kalitakir Plantation, Kalibaru, Java, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

The Combined Treatment Plant (CTP) run by the De Beers company to re-process diamond mine tailings in Kimberley South Africa. It was opened on 2 August 2004.

The Norquest fish processing plant in Petersburg, Southeast Alaska, USA. Shown here processing fresh and wild salmon for market.

The Norquest fish processing plant in Petersburg, Southeast Alaska, USA. Shown here processing fresh and wild salmon roe for the asian fish market.

The Norquest fish processing plant in Petersburg, Southeast Alaska, USA. Shown here is family owner Patty Norheim with processed fresh and wild salmon roe for the asian fish market.

The Norquest fish processing plant in Petersburg, Southeast Alaska, USA. Shown here processing fresh and wild salmon roe for the asian fish market.

The Norquest fish processing plant in Petersburg, Southeast Alaska, USA. Shown here processing fresh and wild salmon for market.

Woman processing whale shark meat (tofu shark), Suao, Taipei, Taiwan, Asia

The Norquest fish processing plant in Petersburg, Southeast Alaska, USA. Shown here processing fresh and wild salmon for market.

Glowing metal manufactured pieces on conveyor belt

Glowing metal manufactured pieces on conveyor belt

Dyed yellow goat skins drying on the hill El Kolla, Fez, Morocco.

Dyer working, Medina, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Fez, Morocco, Africa.

Hung skins for to dry them in the sun,Tannery, Medina, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Fez, Morocco, Africa.

Workers, in Tannery, Medina, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Fez, Morocco, Africa.

A cloisonne vase partially filled with enamel after the first firing in a cloisonne workshop in Beijing, China.

An artisan applies enamel frit with an eyedropper on a cloissone vase in a workshop in Beijing, China.

Bowls of colored frit or powdered glass enamel for making cloisonne in a workshop in Beijing, China.

An artisan attaches cloisons or wire strip to make the design for a cloissone vase in a workshop in Beijing, China.

An artisan works on a cloissone vase before the first firing in a workshop in Beijing, China.

An artisan applies enamel frit with an eyedropper on a cloissone vase in a workshop in Beijing, China.

A worker in a cloisonne workshop with a basket of bronze vases to finished as cloisonne. Beijing, China.

An artisan applies enamel frit with an eyedropper on a cloissone vase in a workshop in Beijing, China.

An artisan attaches cloisons or wire strip to make the design for a cloissone vase in a workshop in Beijing, China.

An artisan applies enamel frit with an eyedropper on a cloissone vase in a workshop in Beijing, China.

Gas cutting of the hot metal in a plant.

Model of an offshore oil rig, Petroleum Museum, Stavanger (European Capital of Culture 2008), Norway, Europe

Model of an offshore oil rig, Petroleum Museum, Stavanger (European Capital of Culture 2008), Norway, Europe

The turbines which produce electricity at Hoover Dam, Boulder City, Nevada, USA

Biogas plant, biomass power plant, with combined heat and power unit, CHP, and an adjacent silo, maize silage

Blacksmith at the anvil, hammer mill Burghausen, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

The turbines which produce electricity at Hoover Dam, Boulder City, Nevada, USA

Blacksmith at the anvil, hammer mill Burghausen, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Blacksmith at the blacksmith's hearth, hammer mill Burghausen, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Solar panels mounted on so called Movers, moving in circles around their axes with the movement of the sun, Gut Erlasee Solar Park, Arnstein, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Blacksmith at the forge hammer, hammer mill Burghausen, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Solar panels mounted on so called Movers, moving in circles around their axes with the movement of the sun, Gut Erlasee Solar Park, Arnstein, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Solar panels mounted on so called Movers, moving in circles around their axes with the movement of the sun, Gut Erlasee Solar Park, Arnstein, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Wind turbines at Mont Crosin Wind Power Station, St. Imier, Jura, Switzerland, Europe

Solar panels mounted on so called Movers, moving in circles around their axes with the movement of the sun, Gut Erlasee Solar Park, Arnstein, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Wind turbines at Mont Crosin Wind Power Station, St. Imier, Jura, Switzerland, Europe

Process Of Grapes Being Made Into Wine, Stellenbosch, Gautang, South Africa

Aerial view of TexasGulf Potash Ponds which are solar evaporation ponds used in the process of mining potash. Potash, a water-soluble potassium salt is extracted and blue dye is added to increase the rate of evaporation. It is mainly used in fertilizer products but also in the making of soap, glass, ceramics and batteries. The mine is currently owned and operated by Intredpid Potash Inc and the ponds cover 400 acres of land surrounded by sandstone cliffs and wilderness near Moab, Utah, USA, Utah, United States of America

Beer bottling plant, rows of bottles, automated process

Beer bottling plant, rows of bottles, automated process

Bottling plant for beer, automated process

Oil refinery