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Title: Google Earth Problems
Post by: i_have_no_idea on 30/10/2005 23:03:44

I recently got the google earth and found some weird green circles? Go to 37 38'30 N 115 48'07 W at about 4000 ft.  (it's in nevada U.S)
These are all over the country in some places.

Title: Re: Google Earth Problems
Post by: Simmer on 01/11/2005 21:30:44

Do you mean these?
(https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg88.imageshack.us%2Fimg88%2F9372%2Fgreencircles019wp.th.jpg&hash=d90b01c5829f149d401de201dfbb8693)(https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg88.imageshack.us%2Fimg88%2F463%2Fgreencircles034xj.th.jpg&hash=4e753db00ee0740993e902cffae4f3d4)

Very strange - about 1000 m across.  Any ideas?

Title: Re: Google Earth Problems
Post by: weirdwombat on 02/11/2005 10:51:44

I went to Las Vegas this summer, and flew over things that looked like that. According to my husband they are just fields.
I'll try to post a photo when I get home.

Title: Re: Google Earth Problems
Post by: i_have_no_idea on 02/11/2005 22:22:12

Those are some pretty odd fields.
Try and zoom in on Los Alamos National Laboratories in New Mexico. I haven’t tried but I wonder if they set anything up so you couldn't see area 51.

Title: Re: Google Earth Problems
Post by: Corbeille on 02/11/2005 23:02:37

I think they are fields or crops planted in desert areas. They are circular because it is easier to sprinkle water over them from a revolving hose system. A bit like a seconds hand going round a watch.
There are some also in the Arabian desert.










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Title: Re: Google Earth Problems
Post by: i_have_no_idea on 02/11/2005 23:09:43

But their too big arn't they (compaired to the other crops).

Title: Re: Google Earth Problems
Post by: weirdwombat on 03/11/2005 21:19:11

(https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.geocities.com%2Fheatherfeather_99%2FP1010193.JPG&hash=7d4a88e003172965ad967f28859da21a)

(https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.geocities.com%2Fheatherfeather_99%2FP1010194.JPG&hash=c26fd9033e2f4f34ae5138b8117fdfa9)

These are the photos we took from the plane on the way to Las Vegas.

Title: Re: Google Earth Problems
Post by: i_have_no_idea on 04/11/2005 15:38:53

Right then, they are crops.

Title: Re: Google Earth Problems
Post by: neilep on 04/11/2005 15:50:48

Thanks Heather....honestly !!..the trouble some people will go to answer a question on this site. And there I was about to pack my bags to Nevada.

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Title: Re: Google Earth Problems
Post by: tweener on 05/11/2005 22:36:00

They are definitely crops that are irrigated by a system that has a pivot in the middle and a long pipe on wheels with sprinklers along the pipe.  Here is a picture of one from a little closer:  (https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fscotthaefner.com%2Fkap%2Fgallery%2Ffullsize%2Fbruneau2.jpg&hash=9e786306c3556ef93c79dc1475328269)

And here is a link to a page with more info and another pic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:PivotIrrigationOnCotton.jpg

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Title: Re: Google Earth Problems
Post by: neilep on 06/11/2005 14:08:18

check this site dedicated to Google maps/Earth...

http://googlesightseeing.com/category/post-cats/weirdness/  look to the right for other links.

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Title: Re: Google Earth Problems
Post by: DoctorBeaver on 06/11/2005 16:48:48

Neil - there are some funny (haha, not necessarily peculiar) pics on that site

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(Georg Hegel)

Title: Re: Google Earth Problems
Post by: neilep on 06/11/2005 18:01:02

You're right there Eth. They have certainly scoured the globe with a magnifying glass haven't they ?...all good stuff though.

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