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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.
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Do you mean these?
Very strange - about 1000 m across. Any ideas?
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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.
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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.
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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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02/11/2005 23:09:43 »
But their too big arn't they (compaired to the other crops).
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These are the photos we took from the plane on the way to Las Vegas.
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04/11/2005 15:38:53 »
Right then, they are crops.
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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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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
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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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Neil - there are some funny (haha, not necessarily peculiar) pics on that site
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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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