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What are these?

PostPosted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 3:11 pm
by AlphaBravo
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Re: What are these?

PostPosted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 3:19 pm
by Willit Run
Crop Circles.  The Farmers plant they're crops that way to help battle erosion.

Re: What are these?

PostPosted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 3:25 pm
by AlphaBravo
Thanks, That was taken flying to Dallas from San Francisco (if you really wanted to know :P)

Re: What are these?

PostPosted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 3:43 pm
by Omag 2.0
I always thought it had something to do with irrigation... hmm... we learn new things every day!

Re: What are these?

PostPosted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 4:00 pm
by Dr.Goodfly
YOU NEVER STOP LEARNING OMAG!
NEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Re: What are these?

PostPosted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 9:03 pm
by Rifleman
It's all about irrigation Kris....the fields have a central tower for the sprinkler system which rotates about the middle of the field.....there are some which run in straight lines, but for the most part, the circular pattern is the predominant one....
It can be read about here

Re: What are these?

PostPosted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 8:44 am
by Jakemaster
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Re: What are these?

PostPosted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 3:40 pm
by Hai Perso Coyone?
BTW: Your new avatar is AMAZING!


It isn't amazing...it's delicious...

*MMMM* ;D

Re: What are these?

PostPosted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 6:06 pm
by beaky
It's all about irrigation Kris....the fields have a central tower for the sprinkler system which rotates about the middle of the field.....there are some which run in straight lines, but for the most part, the circular pattern is the predominant one....
It can be read about here




Here's a model of a center-pivot type; the idea's been around for a long time. The old type is just wheels with the pipe as the axle. You can clearly see how the circular pattern is caused. Some have a much wider radius... they're made up of modular sections, and the water spray pushes the whole thing around the center point.


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I've also seen these; just like those lawn sprinklers, only really, really big. Chik,chik,chik,chick,chik,chik,...shikashikashikashikashika... the feeder hose on these is like a fire hose. It'd knock you on your butt.

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Re: What are these?

PostPosted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 6:47 pm
by beaky
How about that one? :


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;D

Thanks :).

Cheers
-Seb


That's from some hoaxers with string and wooden planks.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/southampton/featur ... cles.shtml

Or maybe aliens:

"Hey Glorp, whaddya say we fire up the galactic runabout and travel several thousand light-years just to make some whacky patterns in some guy's alfafa field on Earth?"

"Sure, Gleep, why not?
... but what's alfalfa?"

;D

::)