A place to share pictures taken from above, that reveal interesting views, fascinating places or different angles to places.
I have made a short video describing how I take the pictures that I share, here
This is not a rule! You are welcome to share any aerial picture you feel is worth sharing. I just thought that maybe some of you may need a little help. It's really addictive once you get started!
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I believe that I found these in Egypt, but I am not 100% sure. Some times I get lost looking for cool places and end up in random places!
Are we certain these aren’t lithium extraction pools? Based on the color and variation in color between them and the fact that they’re in the desert, it could be a lithium mine.
Edit: oh some of them are multicolored. Hmm…
Not sure what lithium pool look like, but this is called center-pivot irrigation, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center-pivot_irrigation, and it’s how crops are typically done in the desert where there is no river or canal to pull from. Water is piped from wherever, or drawn up from a well and pumped into the irrigation arm. It’s on wheels and slowly rotates around the point where water is being pumped in. I see these all the time in southern Arizona and California deserts.
You can also see them in Minnesota
https://www.google.com/maps/@46.8353399,-94.9500685,12z/data=!3m1!1e3
That is in Saudi Arabia. Not that far from the border with Jordan.
GPS 30.0095403, 38.3257591
Those are mostly alfalfa fields that Saudi decided to use a fossil aquifer to water. Their wells are running dry and which is why there is so many abandoned fields. These are areas they don't have enough water. It's mixed in with date palms now as well.
You need to explain why you're putting three spaces between sentences.
People using typewriters often used two spaces after a full stop.
Hey now, I feel attacked.
We had half the typing lab full of IBM's with 5.25" floppies running WordPerfect 5.1
The other half was the IBM selectric typewriters.
Oh and "Get off my lawn!!!"
IBM’s
The apostrophe kills your entire story.
IBM might have leased them to them.
Dude... did you just recognize this? how did you know? I took these pictures when I also took some pictures of Egypt and didn't even notice that I had drifted so far away, when I found these fields!
I am speechless!
It's a very distinctive area from the pictures. It also helps that I have been there.
1:10 do not recommend a visit - too hot, no booze, mediocre food, and everyone smokes way too much. The oppressive culture isn't that great either.