Landscape & nature Vol. 5

This grass is grown for hay.

This cumulonimbus cloud became a significant hail storm, beating down some of my plants.

...but he's not. Nate, my son.

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)

...for trouble on the horizon.

Dorris, California. My 13-year-old granddaughter was driving (!) me around the dirt trails on the farm where they are living for a few months. She was very slow and careful and I was having fun seeing what sights there were.

Big sun, little moon.