i was on a plane to Italy when i woke up to find this.
i was just wondering if anyone knew where this is, and/or what those circles exactly are. :D thanks
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v400/steevieg/circles.jpg
2007-09-16 21:22:31 · 9 answers · asked by steeviegeezy 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
They could be anywhere. The pattern you are seeing is the result of using an irrigation boom.
Basically, the irrigation boom is anchored at one end and allowed to swing at the other. These boom can be of practically any length, although longer than about 200 yards get to be difficult to manage. They have water sprayers running along their entire length, and when pressurized, the spray water and rotate arround their anchor point. They irragate the crops inside their radius, which give you the circular pattern.
While they tend to be used in more arid climates, some farmers, at least here in the U.S. are starting to install them as a hedge against dry spells in more temperate areas.
2007-09-17 00:14:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Edwin got that one, but here is a link to a satellite photo of similar fields in Finney County, Southwest Kansas.
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17006
They have these irrigation systems in Spain and in a lot of other places- in fact, almost anywhere they have flattish land, including in the interior of B.C.
To determine where you were at the time you took the images you'll have to know what time it was then, the path your flight took, what times the plane took off and landed, and how long it lasted. And the location of the departure and landing points.
You need to calculate the average speed of the plane and what percentage of the flight was completed (or remaining) when you took the photo(s).
That will help narrow down roughly where you were and you can use Google Earth to find the coordinates of the location.
2007-09-17 08:40:46 · answer #2 · answered by chris g 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course, it would help to know where your flight originated, but they are indeed "irrigation circles" seen when that type of irrigation is used. If I had to guess a location with no other clue, I'd say they were in Israel. You can practically see the outline of the country from satellite photos because they have turned the desert fertile with irrigation.
2007-09-17 07:32:37 · answer #3 · answered by Picture Taker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have the faintest idea - but it's a good question. It looks like some kind of cosmic draughts/checkers board to me! Hope some one knows the answer. (why not post the question again in the geography section - you might stand more chance of someone knowing)
2007-09-17 04:52:34 · answer #4 · answered by rdenig_male 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are fields of crops in a place that is typically dry. You see them a lot when you fly over the western US. I think they a round so they are easier to maintain.
2007-09-17 09:18:06 · answer #5 · answered by dj 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are the result of using circular irrigation.
2007-09-17 06:09:27 · answer #6 · answered by EDWIN 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
irrigation boom? No way... those... those are... halftone pattern! Yes yes that's it! You're flying too close to a printed newspaper! Run! Run! It's all conspiracy I tell you! Aaaahhhh!!!!!
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2007-09-17 07:21:57 · answer #7 · answered by dodol 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Crop circles!!!
2007-09-17 10:14:01 · answer #8 · answered by dogsafire 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Those are crops.
Nice picture btw.
2007-09-17 05:11:29 · answer #9 · answered by vic 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋