What are the circles?

[rogerthomas]

If anyone has google Earth, navigate to the following co-ordinates:

33deg 06'26.14 N

102deg 17'47.50 W

Zoom into about 10 miles.

Can anyone tell me what all the circles are.

[pjb1]

Hi rogerthomas, Followed your directions and zoomed in to about 2700ft. It looks like crops grown in circles with some sort of rotating machanical feeding/watering system. Being from the U.k its new to me!

[kempie]

Areas of agricultural land in Texas and New Mexico irrigated using a centre pivot system.

http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/irsprayhigh.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_pivot_irrigation

[logman]

I've not seen it but it sounds like a sewage treatment works to me..

[searchme]

Milton Keynes?

[SteveD]

Crop irrigation.

[cockneyexile]

the magic roundabouts in swindon

[waimarie]

Many vineyards in Israel have a similar appearance due to this circular irrigation system, and very effective it is too.

[rogerthomas]

Thank you all.