[i_have_no_idea (OP)]

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.

[Simmer]

Do you mean these?


Very strange - about 1000 m across.  Any ideas?

[weirdwombat]

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.

[i_have_no_idea (OP)]

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.

[Corbeille]

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.










"They're all animals anyway. All the animals come out at night"

[i_have_no_idea (OP)]

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

[weirdwombat]

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

[i_have_no_idea (OP)]

Right then, they are crops.

[neilep]

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.

Men are the same as women.... just inside out !!

[tweener]

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:  

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

----
John - The Eternal Pessimist.

[neilep]

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

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

Men are the same as women.... just inside out !!

[DoctorBeaver]

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

We learn from history that we do not learn from history.
(Georg Hegel)

[neilep]

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

Men are the same as women.... just inside out !!