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Post by gardenmoma on Oct 1, 2006 21:17:02 GMT -7
Scatts.. You are correct...the irrigation equiptment can be set for percentages of a circle. It is really neat to watch the rectangular one "walk" along the field. We lived in Nebraska for a year Unfortunately, this irrigation equiptment pumps up a lot of aquifer water and is depleting the aquifers; but corn and beans can be grown this way and those of us who eat meat (especially beef) are able to get a lot of it inexpensively because of the corn fed to cattle. GM
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Post by Jaga on Oct 1, 2006 21:46:19 GMT -7
GM, I am glad you updated this thread with your informative message. Just yesterday I saw these circles in a closeup - that means I realized how HUGE they really are. We were on this voulcano trip 20 miles from Idaho Falls. Then we climbed up the top and we saw the interesting panorama under us. There was a river - a beautiful serpentine - I would show the picture later on, but we also saw two huge fields made by use of this watering devices here is one of the pictures: we are standing on the top of vulcano - the cicrles are down in the valley
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Post by Jaga on Oct 2, 2006 18:09:15 GMT -7
Guys,
did you see our beautiful cicrles in Idaho? Nobody commented on this picture and I think it is lovely!
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Post by Jaga on Oct 2, 2006 18:25:15 GMT -7
Here is another picture which I promised - showing another part of the lanscape - the meanering Snake river - the biggest river of Idaho. You can see where the river is - there are also more trees. The lanscape from the vulcano was really very interesting. It is amazing how huge is horizon here in Idaho. In Europe it seems that everything is build up - in Idaho you can see and see for miles!
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Post by bescheid on Oct 2, 2006 18:58:09 GMT -7
Jaga
What a strange and yet, beautiful river...it is so dry on the surrounding areas and the river is almost swamp like with the tight short turns. It appears to be a very slow river.
Is this the same river as that emptying into the Columbia?
Charles
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