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Crop Marks

PostPosted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 10:14 am
by Lianachan
The prolonged dry spell in the UK (and Ireland) has been great for cropmarks this year. Cool stuff being revealed all over the place.

Re: Crop Marks

PostPosted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 10:44 am
by Heid the Ba
I've seen a few of these articles and it is fascinating stuff.

Re: Crop Marks

PostPosted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 4:13 pm
by g-one
Now all they have to do is figure out how to genetically modify the crops so they can use this feature in non-dry years. ;)

Re: Crop Marks

PostPosted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 9:33 pm
by Enzo
Oh cool, from the title I thought I would be reading about crop circles and such things. This is way cooler. I love this stuff. I find similarly interesting things like ancient river paths. The river patterns through what is now the Sahara fascinate me. But here in glacial USA we also find old pre-glacial river patterns under the soil. Every now and then some ancient city emerges from the dimness of time via such things.

Re: Crop Marks

PostPosted: Wed Jul 18, 2018 12:25 pm
by Lianachan
Old river routes are showing up here too, sometimes extremely clearly. Not as interesting to me as the archaeology, but all helps create a picture of the past landscape.

Re: Crop Marks

PostPosted: Wed Jul 18, 2018 3:46 pm
by Enzo
This is one tool in the search for the lost Roanoke Colony over here.

Re: Crop Marks

PostPosted: Wed Jul 18, 2018 5:10 pm
by Lianachan
Potentially, depending on what it’s under.

Re: Crop Marks

PostPosted: Wed Jul 18, 2018 8:55 pm
by Lance
We noticed this phenomenon at a cemetery we drove through today (playing Pokémon). It was interesting to see the outlines of each individual vault. Then we drove through a pristine area with no graves and noticed a rather large, unusual shape in the grass. We have no idea what's underneath there but we didn't have a lot of time to investigate either. Maybe we'll go back tomorrow and check it out.