Behind the tons upon tons of rice exported by Southeast Asia is an unpredictably stunning rural topography—imagine stacked paddies glowing green, creating mesmerizing designs in the hillsides of Bali, Indonesia. These scenes occur all around the island, in the Tegalalang village north of Ubud, in eastern Bali’s Sidemen, and Jatiluwih (where they’re largest) in the west. UNESCO added Bali’s rice terraces to the World Heritage list in 2012 due to the ninth-century “water temples” that act as a cooperative water management system for farming.