Image:Crops Kansas AST 20010624.jpg

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Summary

Description

Satellite image of crops growing in Kansas, USA. Healthy, growing crops are green. Corn would be growing into leafy stalks by late June (when this photo was taken). Sorghum, which resembles corn, grows more slowly and would be much smaller and therefore, possibly paler. Wheat is a brilliant gold as harvest occurs in June. Fields of brown have been recently harvested and plowed under or lie fallow for the year. The circular crop fields are a characteristic of w:centre pivot irrigation. The fields shown here are 800 and 1,600 meters (0.5 and 1 mile) in diameter. The image is centered near 37.4 degrees north latitude, 100.9 degrees west longitude, and covers an area of 37.2 x 38.8 km. The 'grid' in which the fields are laid out runs North-South/West-East and the dark angled line is w:U.S. Route 56.

The image is aligned with the satellite orbital track, which is in a 98 degree tilted orbit. North is about 10 degrees counter-clockwise from up. The image is a false-color presentation made to simulate natural colour. The 3 bands that were used are in the green, red, and near infrared parts of the spectrum. ASTER does not have a blue channel, so any blue that can be seen was created from the other bands.

Source

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17006

Date

June 24, 2001

Author

NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team

Permission

Public domain.

Location

37.4° N, -100.9° E

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English: Circular crop fields in Kansas, characteristic of centre pivot irrigation.
Deutsch: Satellitenbild von Feldern in Kansas, USA. Die charakteristische runde Form ist durch Bewässerung mit Kreisberegnungsanlagen bedingt.
Français : Champs de céréales circulaires au Kansas, dont la forme caractéristique est dûe à leur système de bras d'arrosage à pivot central.
Español: Imagen satelital de plantaciones de cereal en Kansas, Estados Unidos. La forma circular de las mismas se debe al proceso de irrigación empleado.

Беларуская: Круглыя палі ў Канзасе, утвораныя цэнтра-вярчальнай ірыгацыяй.
Česky: Satelitní snímek kruhových obilných polí v Kansasu, USA. Pole mají kruhový tvar díky zvláštnímu centrálnímu zavlažování, jejich průměr je 800 a 1 600 m. Celkem snímek zobrazuje plochu přibližně 37 x 39 km.
Deutsch: Satellitenbild von Feldern in Kansas, USA. Die charakteristische runde Form ist durch Bewässerung mit Kreisberegnungsanlagen bedingt.
English: Circular crop fields in Kansas, characteristic of centre pivot irrigation.
Español: Imagen satelital de plantaciones de cereal en Kansas, Estados Unidos. La forma circular de las mismas se debe al proceso de irrigación empleado.
Suomi: Ympyrän muotoisia viljapeltoja Kansasissa
Français : Champs de céréales circulaires au Kansas, dont la forme caractéristique est dûe à leur système de bras d'arrosage à pivot central.
Magyar : Körkörösen öntözött területek műholdas képe (Kansas, USA, 37.4° N, 100.9° W)
Italiano: Vista aerea di campi del Kansas di forma circolare, caratteristica dell' irrigazione a pivot centrale.
Nederlands: Sattelietfoto van circelvormige velden met gewassen in Kansas ( Verenigde Staten), karakteristiek voor akkerbouw met cirkelirrigatie
Polski: Satelitarne zdjęcie pól uprawnych w stanie Kansas ( USA). Koliste formacje powstają na skutek odśrodkowego nawadniania.
Slovenčina: Satelitná snímka kruhových obilných polí v Kansase, USA. Polia majú kruhový tvar vďaka zvláštnemu centrálnemu zavlažovániu, ich priemer je 800 a 1 600 m. Celkovo snímka zobrazuje plochu približne 37×39 km.
Svenska: Satellitbild av grödor som odlas på cirkulära åkrar i Kansas i USA.
简体中文: 美国 堪萨斯州卫星照片,显示由于时针式喷灌设施造成的圆形农田。
繁體中文: 美國 堪薩斯州衛星照片,顯示由於時針式噴灌設施造成的圓形農田

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