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What Are The Circles In This Photo?  
User currently offlineMortenbaek From Denmark, joined Sep 2007, 40 posts, RR: 0
Posted (4 years 7 months 3 days 22 hours ago) and read 3161 times:

Hi everyone. I came across this beautiful photo and was wondering; what are the circles on the ground below? Credits to the photographer btw.

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Unite...c_&prev_id=1411209&next_id=1411214

Thanks.

Morten

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User currently offlineJohnJ From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 1620 posts, RR: 3
Reply 1, posted (4 years 7 months 3 days 22 hours ago) and read 3156 times:

Crop fields with irrigation machines that pivot on a central axis. These are quite a common sight over the midwestern U.S.

More info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_pivot_irrigation

[Edited 2008-10-17 10:19:00]

User currently offlineJetplaner From Canada, joined Mar 2008, 158 posts, RR: 0
Reply 2, posted (4 years 7 months 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 3040 times:

Yes, they're full 360 and 180 degree irrigation pivots used to water crops. They are especially common in dry areas, obviously.

User currently offlineBigjuliechc From New Zealand, joined Oct 2008, 41 posts, RR: 0
Reply 3, posted (4 years 6 months 3 weeks 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 2755 times:		 Support Airliners.net - become a First Class Member!

In Canterbury New Zealand a lot of farms use these or they sometimes use long line irrigators.


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