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    my picture pretty clear and it out in the country.

    but i think generally that statment is correct,
    there many places that arent as clear cause they dont expect
    to many people to be looking in those areas.

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    Man, there is some weird stuff out in the desert in the southwestern united states. Like Green and black circles and stuff. Anyone know what these things are? I'll try and find them again, and take a picture.

    Edit: Not what I was talking about, but this looks pretty cool.
    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...tuff/thang.jpg

    Edit #2: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ff/circles.jpg

    Here they are, if you can even see them. Photobucket shrunk them down.
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    No clue. I see them a lot though when flying home (to the SW). I think it's agricultural sites of some sort.
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    I guess that Waterloo just isn't the important world powerhouse I thought it was. Ah well.

    Speaking of weird southwestern buildings. Enter these coordinates:
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    My house is 150m from the newer satellite images.
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    Man, there is some weird stuff out in the desert in the southwestern united states. Like Green and black circles and stuff. Anyone know what these things are? I'll try and find them again, and take a picture.
    For whatever reason crops are often grown in circles instead of squares, although I have yet to find the reason why. The different colors are just different crop types. You'll see the same thing flying over any of the plains states.

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    That's kinda creepy, Epo.
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    >For whatever reason crops are often grown in circles instead of squares, although I have >yet to find the reason why.
    Instead of the tractor having to make u-turns over and over again u can just put a little tilt on the steering wheel and hold it like that going around in circles... maybe that's the reason
    Hmm

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    in the southwest.. it's all about irrigation.. there is a really big sprinker in the middle of the crop circle and it sprays all around in a circle and that is how the crop grows.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SniperSAS
    Man, there is some weird stuff out in the desert in the southwestern united states. Like Green and black circles and stuff. Anyone know what these things are? I'll try and find them again, and take a picture.

    Edit: Not what I was talking about, but this looks pretty cool.
    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...tuff/thang.jpg

    Edit #2: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ff/circles.jpg

    Here they are, if you can even see them. Photobucket shrunk them down.
    interesting..

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    in the southwest.. it's all about irrigation.. there is a really big sprinker in the middle of the crop circle and it sprays all around in a circle and that is how the crop grows.
    Cool, thats always been one of those things I've always wondered about but never knew how to find out since googling for "Crop Circles" only brings up those stupid UFO sites.

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    Looks like the satellite feed is from BEFORE the hurricane struck, since New Orleans looks just fine. Oh well.

    EDIT: They say the I-10 is flooded? Not. They say no-one's driving around? Not.

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    that must be old new, cause on cnn, they are showing
    and talking about people driving around.

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    Well, i haven't seen the news since last night.

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    Quote Originally Posted by linkofazeroth
    Looks like the satellite feed is from BEFORE the hurricane struck, since New Orleans looks just fine. Oh well.

    EDIT: They say the I-10 is flooded? Not. They say no-one's driving around? Not.
    You do know that most of those satellite images are anywhere from 1-3 or 4 years old, right?
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