Looking on Google Earth at Oklahoma I see lots of circles in square fields. What are they?
2006-06-12 08:59:47 · 10 answers · asked by hampsthw8 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
It's just patterns created by the irrigation equipment.
Crop circles, people? Sure hope yer kidding...
2006-06-12 18:41:48 · answer #1 · answered by PI Joe 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Oklahoma University
2006-06-12 16:37:40 · answer #2 · answered by Dark Angel 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sprinklers. In the dry, flat regions, farmers tend to water their crops with a motorized sprinkler (a very long one). The water comes up the middle and the sprinkler rotates around it.
This is called center pivot irrigation. A picture of the sprinkler is about halfway down the page of the wikipedia article I referenced.
2006-06-12 09:34:07 · answer #3 · answered by Bob G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can see 8 leters in Oklahoma
2006-06-16 19:56:55 · answer #4 · answered by Dilly the Kid 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably cultivated that way...
You can see this in OK, KS, TX, and in cultivated parts of the Desert Southwest...other places too, I'm sure.
Some farms use a very long, rolling irrigation apparatus that pivots around one end, thus watering in a circular fashion. You're probably seeing the results of this type of farming.
best guess
2006-06-12 09:30:53 · answer #5 · answered by Ethan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They might be crop circles. An alien's message to Earth.
2006-06-12 09:12:23 · answer #6 · answered by anonymous 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They've gotta be crop circles.
2006-06-12 09:29:59 · answer #7 · answered by videogamer91193 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
crop circles??
2006-06-12 12:25:48 · answer #8 · answered by Justin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oil wells, maybe?
2006-06-12 09:05:23 · answer #9 · answered by altruistic 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you tell me your in there.
2006-06-12 17:06:09 · answer #10 · answered by Tomato 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋