Odd circles in Saudi Arabia

[gamera]

Any idea what these are?

http://www.googleearthhacks.com/forums/downloads.php?do=file&id=143

http://www.thomsonhall.com.au/saudi circles.jpg

[Appletom]

They are farmland. The watering is done by HUGE pipes that radiate out from the center. Along each spoke there are wheels. Often a concrete ring will run around the perimeter for the wheels to turn easily.



http://www.thebullsrun.com/images/featureImages/cnt_fimg_0.0.1.jpg

[frankk!]

Thanks for that answer Appletom...I spotted similar circles in South-Africa and wondered what they were...

As the resident circle expert, what's your view on these? I'd say it's a mangy dog :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/ffrankk/google_earth/Circles-Libya1.gif

These ones are probably more to do with oil?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/ffrankk/google_earth/Circles-Libya2.gif

something's burning!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/ffrankk/google_earth/Circles-Libya3.gif

[Appletom]

The kmz files that show where Frankk's findings are have been placed in the "Random Cool Stuff (http://www.googleearthhacks.com/forums/downloads.php?do=cat&id=12) " area of the file library.