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[*] posted on 12-7-2009 at 05:44 PM
Unusual object or farm on Google Earth


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Anyone know what this is? It's about 25 miles south of El Rosario and I see some farming in the general area to the north.




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[*] posted on 12-7-2009 at 06:02 PM


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[*] posted on 12-7-2009 at 06:40 PM


Una pista de aterrizaje para OVNIs. What else?
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[*] posted on 12-7-2009 at 06:54 PM


the governor, or Teo has a landing strip near his spread. why do you think they started the road widening in that area, of all places?



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[*] posted on 12-7-2009 at 07:07 PM


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Data error of some sort-- doesn't look at all like actually part of the terrain it covers. There are a number of other partially transparent blotches up to the north and west a couple of km.

BTW your imbedded latitude is about 10 degrees off... :lol:

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[*] posted on 12-7-2009 at 08:18 PM


Noah`s ark?
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[*] posted on 12-7-2009 at 08:27 PM


I think this is man made: look at the edges and you'll see little half circles as if a tractor was pulling a blade or something and made a turn.
There are clearly farming patches to the north a few miles but I can't tell if this is a crop of some sort or a building. At .40 miles I doubt it's a building.
As the surfing in this area is A-1, maybe Mr. Clark of the old Clark Foam has secretly set up shop?? He used to always rage against the machine in his year-end newsletters if I recall.




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[*] posted on 12-7-2009 at 08:37 PM


The area was definately cleared by tractors, you can see the typical patterns they leave on the edges. The area is not paved, and theres no structure in there. Now, its definately too wide for a landing field, so my guess is that its some sort of plantation. It appears to be in a sort of canyon, so that might explain the shape of the field.



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[*] posted on 12-7-2009 at 08:45 PM


I agree with the ag thesis. The area appears to be bottomland, not unlike what they cultivate near the highway east of El Rosario. The area immediately to the northeast appears to be a fallow field. On the Inegi topo, it also appears relatively flat. Onions or peppers anyone?



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[*] posted on 12-7-2009 at 08:46 PM


DK had to drive right passed this on his trip. You see anything Daveed?



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[*] posted on 12-7-2009 at 08:49 PM


And also, if it were a plowed field, why are the ends such perfect half circles? Is there a way of knowing when a photo was taken in GE?

[Edited on 12-8-2009 by Santiago]




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[*] posted on 12-7-2009 at 08:50 PM


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Anyone know what this is? It's about 25 miles south of El Rosario and I see some farming in the general area to the north.


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[*] posted on 12-7-2009 at 08:52 PM


It's a uranium enrichment facility...



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[*] posted on 12-7-2009 at 09:03 PM


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Is there a way of knowing when a photo was taken in GE?

[Edited on 12-8-2009 by Santiago]


In the View Menu you can check the Historical Imagery. While mousing over the area of interest, the date of the image will be displayed in the lower left corner of the view. The latest date appears to be April 4, 2005.

[Edited on 12-8-2009 by Frigatebird]




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[*] posted on 12-7-2009 at 09:04 PM


Perhaps .... ?

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[*] posted on 12-7-2009 at 09:11 PM


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And also, if it were a plowed field, why are the ends such perfect half circles?
[Edited on 12-8-2009 by Santiago]


I'm no commercial farmer, but it looks like the radius of those circles is equal to half the width of the field. Perhaps the equipment traces out those semicircles when it pulls the U-ee. Looks like the northeast end got done first as it is not as circular as the other. Practice makes perfect.




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[*] posted on 12-7-2009 at 09:20 PM


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And also, if it were a plowed field, why are the ends such perfect half circles?
[Edited on 12-8-2009 by Santiago]


I'm no commercial farmer, but it looks like the radius of those circles is equal to half the width of the field. Perhaps the equipment traces out those semicircles when it pulls the U-ee. Looks like the northeast end got done first as it is not as circular as the other. Practice makes perfect.


Upon further review, the field seems to wide for any equipment I've seen to be done on a single pass.

How 'bout this, maybe they have a GPS based tractor guidance, or a history with NASCAR.




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[*] posted on 12-7-2009 at 09:50 PM


Its in the San Carlos Valley--along the road to Punta San Carlos, a pretty popular destination---maybe someone can check it out if they're heading that way....that's a pretty dry area to be setting up sophisticated farming but who knows....there are some mines nearby as well.....


Years ago, sometime in the early 80s my brother and I went out to Punta San Carlos...on the way out we passed a huge stakebed truck filled to the top with sacks of potatoes...I knew there was a little farming out there in the valley but potatoes need substantial water...I looked and looked on the way in for a farm that perhaps had drilled for some groundwater but didn't see anything except dry pasture....it wasn't until we got to the beach and seeing guys with shovels that we realized that the potato sacks were filled with beach pebbles!
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[*] posted on 12-7-2009 at 11:49 PM


I first thought it was an agricultural project covered with the ubiquitous plastic greenhousing....but then began to think outside the box....the cave art in Baja has suggested that Baja was once inhabited by tall people (didn't someone find an unusually long thigh bone in Baja once, a find adding credence to the myth?)....well, the tall people DO exist in Baja and have taken up the sport of curling....that's one big mutha sheet of ice:lol::lol:



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[*] posted on 12-8-2009 at 01:22 AM


I'm with Diver on this one.
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