Breathtaking Aerial Pictures of Agricultural Fields

Breathtaking Aerial Pictures of Agricultural Fields

Posted on February 8, 2011 by uphaa
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    Stunning Tulip Fields

    At first glance, tulip fields looks like a giant child armed with a box of crayons has been set loose upon the landscape. With more than 10,000 hectares devoted to the cultivation of these delicate flowers, the Dutch landscape in May is a kaleidoscope of giddy colours as the tulips burst into life. More than three billion tulips are grown each year and two-thirds of the vibrant blooms are exported, mostly to the U.S. and Germany.link

    Pivot Irrigation in Sahara

    Pivot Irrigation
    Oil wealth has enabled Libya to pursue extravagant projects such as agriculture in the Sahara Desert. These are not crop circles or part of an Alien movie plot! Libya, in North Africa, now drilling for oil with BP is a country that is not exactly known for having ample quantities of fresh water let alone enough water to be used to any extent in agriculture. Yet this North African desert country, ruled by a man who most people consider to be a bit “eccentric” (if not entirely off the wall) has been involved for years in growing crops by a method known as pivot irrigation. In a country like Libya, where more than 95% of the country consists of the near-waterless Sahara, this type of agriculture is not cheap, and is only possible by being able to tap underground fossil water deposits from a large underground aquifer Although used in a number a number of countries, including India and desert regions of the USA, the use of this method to grow crops is so unique in Libya, that the circular pivot irrigation fields can actually be seen from above by orbiting astronauts and are often photographed by both orbiting satellites and NASA space shuttles passing overhead.link

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