Engineer applying lubricating oil to piston for 6.3 litre V8 engine, Mercedes-AMG engine production factory in Affalterbach, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

India. Rainwater harvesting project in villages of kozhikode district, thamarassery diocese centre for overall development (cod). Individual houses are equipped with rain gutters and a pipe which fills a 10,000 litre concrete tank. Funded by cnewa. Kerala. Home of thresiamma thomas (mother), thomas venkitakkal (father) and neethu thomas (18). 2007

Champagne producer Rotkaeppchen, famous winebarrel, capacity of 120 000 litres, winegrowing, Saale, Unstrut, Freyburg, Saxony Anhalt, Germany

Woman drinking a litre of beer, Beer Garden at the Flaucher, Thalkirchen, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

The Grosses Fass or Heidelberg Tun, built by Count Palatine Pfalzgraf Johann Kasimir, approx. 220, 000 litres of capacity, Heidelberger Schloss castle ruins, destroyed in 1689, Heidelberg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Woman drinking a litre of Spaten brand beer, Taxisgarten Beer Garden, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Aquadom in Berlin - Europe's largest free standing aquarium with a height of about 25 meters and a volume of 1 million litre of water. Inner court of Radisson hotel, Mitte, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Bentley brand emblem on the hood of a vintage Bentley 4.5 Litre Le Mans, built in 1929, Kitzbuehel Alpine Rally 2010, Tyrol, Austria, Europe

Running board of a Bentley 4.5 Litre Le Mans vintage car, built in 1929, Kitzbuehel Alpine Rally 2010, Tyrol, Austria, Europe

Brazil, 24 July 2008. Piracicaba, Sao Paulo. The company Cosan, biggest producer of bio fuel Ethanol derived from sugar cane used as fuel for cars and trucks. This company is the biggest producer in Brazil and exports Ethanol to other countries. The annual production of cane ethanol is 1322 million litres. (2007)The production of cane ethanol has increased 30% from 2002 to 2007In the photo: an Ethanol station.