Re: [APML] way WAY off topic

[Robert Reeves <reeves10@swbell.net>]

> Hi folks,
>
> This is way the heck off topic, but maybe some of you geologist or
militatry
> veterans can tell me what this is.  When I was flying both to and from the
> AstroImage conference in California this weekend, I saw some stuff on the
> desert floor in west Texas that has puzzeled me.  I am guessing it was
> between the Tex/N. Mex. border and the Midland/Odessa area.  Can any of
you
> identify this www.robertreeves.com/pattern.jpg

Thanks for the replies on this.  And the verdict is......DUH!  Oil wells in
the Permian Baisin.  Cripes!  A no brainer.  I'm from Texas.  I shudda
known!  I never realized the oil field up there was THAT big.  The photo was
taken from 34,000 feet with a digital equivalent of a 135 mm on a 35 mm
camera and the field of view is maybe 0.1 to 0.5 % of the entire span of the
patterns on the ground.  Like I said, it was at least 100 miles across.  It
was quite amazing.  Something that extended should be visible from space, at
least as a contrast feature.

Now back to astrophotography.....thanks!

Robert Reeves                      reeves10@swbell.net
520 Rittiman Rd.                   www.robertreeves.com
San Antonio, Texas 78209    210-828-9036
USA                                     29.484  98.440  200 meters


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