What are these things in the desert near Fallon, Nevada?

Travel Asked by Aravind Suresh on September 25, 2020

I was playing with Google Earth and was looking for Fallon Range Training Complex after I read this question. So I typed “Fallon” and I dragged the cursor all along and spotted some really curious things.

Well, it was a number of circles that dangerously resembled radars. One of them had a click next to it and it said “Battle Mountain, NV, USA”. I Googled that and learned that it was a gold-mining center in Nevada that is no longer a municipality. But that doesn’t answer what these huge circles are.

Any guesses what this is?

deserts identify this nevada usa

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It is a specific form of irrigation know as Center Pivot Irrigation

Fairly simply explained on Wikipedia

Center-pivot irrigation (sometimes called central pivot irrigation), also called waterwheel and circle irrigation, is a method of crop irrigation in which equipment rotates around a pivot and crops are watered with sprinklers. A circular area centered on the pivot is irrigated, often creating a circular pattern in crops when viewed from above (sometimes referred to as crop circles). Most center pivots were initially water-powered, and today most are propelled by electric motors.

No crazy alien landings here!

Correct answer by Seanland on September 25, 2020

What are these things in the desert near Fallon, Nevada?

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