Irrigation Fields | production

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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

Midway, New Mexico 6.5 km
Bottomless Lakes State Park 9 km
Roswell International Air Center (ROW/KROW) 10 km
Overflow Wetlands 11 km
Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge 12 km
Roswell Auxiliary Army Airfield 9 / Roswell Municipal Airport, Roswell, NM 13 km
Pecan Orchards 16 km
Buena Vida 24 km
Salt Creek Wilderness area 28 km
Twin Rivers Reservoir 30 km

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Midway, New Mexico Bottomless Lakes State Park Roswell International Air Center (ROW/KROW) Overflow Wetlands Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge Roswell Auxiliary Army Airfield 9 / Roswell Municipal Airport, Roswell, NM Pecan Orchards Buena Vida Salt Creek Wilderness area Twin Rivers Reservoir