Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) male perched in Date Palm, Oman, March

Konrad Wothe / Tuaregs under date Palm at Mandara Lakes, oasis Um el Ma, Libyan desert, Libya, Sahara, North Africa, December 2007. No release available.

Jenny E. Ross / A Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) plantation in the Coachella Valley near the Salton Sea. More than 90 percent of the dates produced in the United States are grown in this region, using Colorado River...

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Date palm {Phoenix dactylifera} looking up at the ripening dates, Muscat, Oman

Jose B. Ruiz / Canary island date palm {Phoenix canariensis} La Gomera, Canary islands

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Wukan, Date Palm and mountain village, Ghubrah Bowl, Jebel Al Akhdar, Oman, March

Ernie Janes / Date Palms and the Atlas Mountains in the far distance. Skoura Oasis, Morocco, North Africa, March 2011.

Angelo Gandolfi / Cretan palm trees (Phoenix theophrasti) growing along the Kourtaliotic gorge, at the mouth of the river Megalos Potamos, Crete, Greece.

Angelo Gandolfi / Cretan palm tree forest (Phoenix theophrasti) viewed from above, Vai, Crete, Greece

Angelo Gandolfi / Cretan palm tree forest (Phoenix theophrasti) Vai, Crete, Greece

David Woodfall / Date palm plantation threatened by rising sea levels, Ganges delta, Bangladesh, July 2008

Pete Oxford / Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera) fruit for sale in Djemaa el-Fna, Marrakesh, Morocco

Konrad Wothe / Date Palm (Phoenix sp) cluster at oasis, Umm-al-Maa, Libya

Konrad Wothe / Date Palm (Phoenix sp) cluster at oasis, Umm-al-Maa, Libya

Konrad Wothe / Date Palm (Phoenix sp) cluster at oasis, Umm-al-Maa, Libya

Konrad Wothe / Date Palm (Phoenix sp) cluster at oasis, Umm-al-Maa, Libya

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Cretan date palm (Phoenix theophrasti) trees, Vai, Crete, Greece, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Cretan date palms (Phoenix theophrasti) Vai, Crete, Greece, April 2009

Juan Manuel Borrero / Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) flowering, Spain.

Angelo Gandolfi / Dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarius) walking in the Draa Valley with a date palm plantation behind. Morocco, March 2007.

Angelo Gandolfi / Draa Valley landscape with date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) plantation. The river Draa seeps into the sand of the Sahara desert and disappears. Morocco, March 2007.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Date palm {Phoenix dactylifera} freshly harvested dates in basket made from palm fronds attached to the trunk of a date palm, Muscat, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Date palm {Phoenix dactylifera} freshly harvested ripe dates ready to eat, Muscat, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Date palm {Phoenix dactylifera} man harvesting dates in date plantation, Muscat, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Date palm {Phoenix dactylifera} with ripe dates, Muscat, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Date palm plantation, new houses and the old village of Birkat al Mawz at the foothills of the Jabal al Akhdar mountains, Oman, February 2003

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Date palm {Phoenix dactylifera} clusters of ripening dates, Muscat, Oman

Martin Gabriel / Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) with fruit, Valencia, Spain, February

Martin Gabriel / Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) with fruit, Valencia, Spain, February

Kevin Schafer / Date Palm (Phoenix reclinata) cluster, Okavango Delta, Botswana

Jose B. Ruiz / Date palm trees {Phoenix dactylifera} with ripening fruit, El Hondo NP, Elche, Spain

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Fruits of the Date palm {Phoenix dactylifera} Oman

Jose B. Ruiz / Man in Date palm tree {Phoenix dactylifera} treating the leaves, El Hondo NP, Elche, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Date palm tree {Phoenix dactylifera} several trunks with tied fronds, El Hondo NP, Elche, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Date palm tree {Phoenix dactylifera} flowers, El Hondo NP, Elche, Spain

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Cattle egret {Bubulcus ibis} in Date palm {Phoenix dactylifera} Sohar, Oman.

Jose B. Ruiz / Date palm {Phoenix dactylifera} tree with fruit, Alicante, Spain

Adrian Davies / Canary Islands Date Palm (Phoenix canariensis) La Gomera, Canary Islands, Spain

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Looking up at Date palm with fruits (Phoenix dactylifera) Seeb, Oman

Mark Flowers / Traditional building for collecting water and temporary farmhouse at date palm oasis, Queshm Island, Iran

Jose B. Ruiz / Night time shot of Date palm {Phoenix dactylifera} with moon in background, Spain.

Daniel Gomez / Vegetable crops and date palm cultivation. Jebel Shams, Oman.

Daniel Gomez / Vegetable crops and date palm cultivation with ruins of old city of Jebel Shams, Oman.

Gerry Ellis / Date Palm (Phoenix reclinata) cluster along the Nile River at sunrise, near Cairo, Egypt

Jose B. Ruiz / Aerial view of palm tree gardens Elche, Alicante, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Fruits developing on date palm {Phoenix dactylifera}, Europe

Jose B. Ruiz / Fruits developing on date palm {Phoenix dactylifera}, Europe