Recent scenes from the ISS, page 1

Brilliant shots taken from the ISS, including some of the volcano sonic boom episode that I haven't seen before.
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I particularly liked this one too:

Roads and circular fields in the desert in Egypt.

[edit on 27-6-2009 by and14263]

reply to post by CaptainCharisma

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ye, i remember seeing somethign very similar being discused, but they were spotted on google earth, im sure they are special fields where their is a rotating arm for irrigation, hence the round shape.

cool name btw.. wrastlin fan i see!

Originally posted by boaby_phet
reply to post by CaptainCharisma

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ye, i remember seeing somethign very similar being discused, but they were spotted on google earth, im sure they are special fields where their is a rotating arm for irrigation, hence the round shape.

cool name btw.. wrastlin fan i see!

Ahhh, makes sense. They look cool from the sky for sure!

I am indeed! : D Happy someone has realised, haha.

Originally posted by boaby_phet
reply to post by CaptainCharisma

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ye, i remember seeing somethign very similar being discused, but they were spotted on google earth, im sure they are special fields where their is a rotating arm for irrigation, hence the round shape.

That's exactly what it is

It's much easier to use the circular irrigation system with a center mounting post than the old style rail irrigation that moved across square fields in a straight line.

These can easily be seen from airplanes when flying over rural/farm areas.

[edit on 6/28/2009 by Landonian]

reply to post by Landonian

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Yes -- they are common in the U.S. also (I've seen many of them from airliners) -- but they aren't as easy to notice as these because they don't stand out as much.

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