Google Earth - What's that? - Aircraft of World War II

Parmigiano · 06-24-2008, 10:09 AM

Found this 'circles' in Saudi Arabia, if you zoom out you'll see hundreds of them.

Can anybody figure out what they could be? maybe 'censored' military installations, but why that many?

25°18'57.47"N 44°29'38.78"E

mlmcdonald · 06-24-2008, 10:45 AM

They are irrigated fields using circular sprinklers. If you look closely at the brown circles, i.e., the ones which are lying fallow, you will see the sprinkler pipe extending from its center attachment point. When the water is turned on, it drives the contraption slowly around and around, thus keeping the entire field watered. I've seen the same kind of arrangement in lots of places in this country, but most pertinently in similar desert terrain in Arizona.

Michael

Parmigiano · 06-24-2008, 10:55 AM

Thank you Michael

mlmcdonald · 06-24-2008, 11:39 AM

You're welcome. I have to admit that they are a little odd looking from above, and the first time I ever saw one in person it seemed really strange to me since I had never thought of a field as any other shape but a rectangle. And in these times of hot and heavy military activity of God only knows what kind in the Middle East, well, pretty much anything there that looks at all unusual becomes suspicious.

Michael

06-24-2008, 10:09 AM	#1
Parmigiano Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Campospinoso (PV), Italy Posts: 682	Google Earth - What's that? Found this 'circles' in Saudi Arabia, if you zoom out you'll see hundreds of them. Can anybody figure out what they could be? maybe 'censored' military installations, but why that many? 25°18'57.47"N 44°29'38.78"E __________________ "God is dead" - Friedrich Nietzsche, 1882 "Nietzsche too" - God, Aug 25, 1900 He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife. - Douglas Adams In those days spirits were brave, the stakes were high, men were real men, women were real women and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri. - Douglas Adams

06-24-2008, 10:55 AM	#3
Parmigiano Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Campospinoso (PV), Italy Posts: 682	Thank you Michael __________________ "God is dead" - Friedrich Nietzsche, 1882 "Nietzsche too" - God, Aug 25, 1900 He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife. - Douglas Adams In those days spirits were brave, the stakes were high, men were real men, women were real women and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri. - Douglas Adams

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06-24-2008, 10:45 AM	#2
mlmcdonald Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Sacramento, California Posts: 23	They are irrigated fields using circular sprinklers. If you look closely at the brown circles, i.e., the ones which are lying fallow, you will see the sprinkler pipe extending from its center attachment point. When the water is turned on, it drives the contraption slowly around and around, thus keeping the entire field watered. I've seen the same kind of arrangement in lots of places in this country, but most pertinently in similar desert terrain in Arizona. Michael

06-24-2008, 11:39 AM	#4
mlmcdonald Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Sacramento, California Posts: 23	You're welcome. I have to admit that they are a little odd looking from above, and the first time I ever saw one in person it seemed really strange to me since I had never thought of a field as any other shape but a rectangle. And in these times of hot and heavy military activity of God only knows what kind in the Middle East, well, pretty much anything there that looks at all unusual becomes suspicious. Michael