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The mega pivot at work, each nozzle delivers about 15 gallons a minute. The middle of this pivot is out of sight over the curve of the hill.
I was always under the impression that centre pivot systems needed level ground to be able to work effectively. On this farm I found that is not so, this pivot covers some pretty rough ground. The pivot moves in an anti-clock wise direction, in the photo above that is to the right. From the point where the pivot is now it starts to go down hill, almost a 40 degree slope, it crosses several very big contour ridges but nothing stops this thing, it just keeps moving inexorably on.
A view of the pivot from the other side.
When I asked the farmer if all the wild ducks and gees that are eating his wheat bother him, he said; "no, it will soon outgrow them". Here only the heads of a pair of African shell duck show above the fast growing wheat.
Long shadows, there are hundreds of trees on this farm.
A good night wink from the sun.
4 comments:
Like you, I assumed those systems need level ground. I'm glad to see the trees. Farmers here are once again cutting out old hedge-rows to make bigger fields, forgetting a major cause of the dust-bowl.
Beautiful.
Ai-jai-jai what a beautiful sight those pivots are. Did you get sprayed while taking photos? I love the line of trees! Blessings. Jo
Ai-jai-jai what a beautiful sight those pivots are. Did you get sprayed while taking photos? I love the line of trees! Blessings. Jo
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