View source for File:Crops Kansas AST 20010624.jpg

== Summary ==
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Description= Satellite image of crops growing in [[Kansas]], [[USA]]. Healthy, growing crops are green. [[Corn]] would be growing into leafy stalks by late June (when this photo was taken). [[Sorghum]], which resembles corn, grows more slowly and would be much smaller and therefore, possibly paler. Wheat is a brilliant gold as harvest occurs in June. Fields of brown have been recently harvested and plowed under or lie fallow for the year. The circular crop fields are a characteristic of [[:en:center pivot irrigation|center pivot irrigation]]. The fields shown here are 800 and 1,600 meters (0.5 and 1 mile) in diameter. The image is centered near 37.4 degrees north latitude, 100.9 degrees west longitude, and covers an area of 37.2 x 38.8 km. The 'grid' in which the fields are laid out runs North-South/West-East and the dark angled line is [[w:U.S. Route 56]].

The image is aligned with the satellite orbital track, which is in a 98 degree tilted orbit. North is about 10 degrees counter-clockwise from up. The image is a false-color presentation made to simulate natural color. The 3 bands that were used are in the green, red, and near infrared parts of the spectrum. [[:en:Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer|ASTER]] does not have a blue channel, so any blue that can be seen was created from the other bands. |
Source= http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17006 |
Date= June 24, 2001 |
Author= [[NASA]]/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team |
Permission= {{PD-USGov-NASA}}
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{{Location d|37.4|-100.9}}
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[[Category:NASA ASTER images]]
[[Category:Satellite pictures of Kansas]]
[[Category:Agriculture]]
[[Category:Agriculture in the United States]]
[[Category:Irrigation]]
[[Category:Kansas]]
[[Category:Circles]]
[[Category:green]]

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