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Posted: 03 Sep 2020

Taken: 14 Aug 2020

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Center pivot irrigation system of an alfalfa field. Crops in very large acreage farms are typically grown in circles about 1/2 mile in diameter (800 M). This equipment costs a fortune to buy and most farmers have more than one circle to irrigate. It is common to lease rather than purchase this equipment. More about these systems: tinyurl.com/y5cbqq9n

When I was a Google Earth forum moderator, one of the top questions asked by new members was, "What are those mysterious circles in the Sahara desert?" Or, someone would post "evidence" that they were made by alien beings, were UFO landing pads, and so on. It became an inside joke with the mods and we finally had a standard link for them all to refer to rather than using energy with an original reply. (The UFO people would argue with us, anyway. Another frequent post concerned Area 51 in the Nevada Desert - even more tedious than the crop circles question. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_51)

Andy Rodker, Smiley Derleth, kiiti, Annemarie and 9 other people have particularly liked this photo

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 Diane Putnam
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Yes, they're just massive. Being a fan of any kind of industrial equipment - whatever may fall into that category - I only wish they would move faster. Thank you, Keith.
3 years ago.
 Diane Putnam
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Yes, they are. It's amazing how many people look at the earth from above and can't think of anything but, "ooh, that must be made by aliens!" Sheesh!
3 years ago.
 Diane Putnam
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You were very lucky to have been to Navajo territory! An amazing landscape and I can see why it is sacred to the Navajo. I have felt a mystical presence when out in nature. I think it is a sign of how much we have lost our connection to Nature.That is what it means to me, anyway.

Here is something I learned recently: the Navajo do not like to be called that, because there is a lot of confusion about where the word came from. They call themselves Dine', meaning something like "we of the sky and earth. Here is an explanation of the word Dine'. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lesg9Sg-rFY (I do not understand some of what he is saying.)
3 years ago.
 Diane Putnam
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That's because you are a rational being. ;-)
Crows! I had not noticed the ones on the wire until you mentioned them!
3 years ago.
 Andy Rodker
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It would be like something out of 'War of the Worlds', were it not for the reassuring (somehow) yellow and black wheels!
3 years ago.

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