Irrigation Fields | production

USA / New Mexico / Roswell /

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Those circles are typical circular irrigation patterns. There are sprinklers on a boom that rotates. Irrigation is the artificial application of water to the soil. In crop production it is mainly used to replace missing rainfall in periods of drought in semi-arid and even arid regions.

Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrigation

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Coordinates: 33°21'2"N 104°26'11"W

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