New Mexico circles? (pine, farm, trees)

[AngelaFLA]

Can anyone tell me about all those circles you see when you fly in from the southeast ?

[Muhnay]

Are they green? if so thats farm circle.

[newmex]

That is irrigation farming. What you have is a long pipe coming off a center pivot point where water is pumped through the pipe and a series of spray hoses dangling down along the main pipe. The pipe itself is supported by a frame truss, with wheels that turn on the ground a few feet every several minutes. The whole rig waters in a timed radius pattern, resulting in the "green circles" you see from the air.

If you water anything enough, it'll grow. There is nothing tastier like the produce out here, nothing!

[Johnboy71]

they're secret landing strips for Elvis known only to a few.

[Muhnay]

SHUSSH YOU.. Dont go telling people our secrets.

[newmex]

Way up above it looks like Morse code...dot dit-dit dash telling aliens to come back and save us.

[GregW]

NewMex - Fresh New Hampshire apples, blueberries and raspberries are pretty good this time of the year. Out maple sugar syrup is unbeatable ANY time.

The giant “go” board is a special signal to the aliens to stay away from New Mexico thunderstorms.

[newmex]

Myself originally from NE Ohio, Ohio maple syrup is just the same as NH. No maple trees out here in NM.
Your growing season, Ohios' is what, 3 months? New Mexico has twice that . I remember the strawberry farms in Ohio

Pistachios, pine nuts, chiles, pecans are out here in NM

But I miss the fall colors that you can find anywhere, My brother raves about New Hampshire and Vermont.
The trees out here in NM turn yellow, then blow off, according to my wife. Better foliage up in Northern NM.

Thunderstorms? We can at least see it coming without a shroud of trees in the way. Same for deer on the road.

[catman]

The fall foliage is beautiful on Sierra Blanca, and in the Sacramento Mts. Most of it in northern NM is evergreen that I have seen, so it doesn't change.

[Towanda]

catman ~ My favorite time to go to NM is in the fall....the golden color or the aspens then is breath-taking ... and I always go to northern NM.