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When Agricultural Landscapes Become Patchwork Quilts

Abstract landscape, aerial view of colorful field
"Running carefree through a summery field… It’s the kind of image commonly associated with pleasant childhood memories. However, as we will soon see, fields can look idyllic from all angles – not least from above. Such pastures come in all colors, shapes and sizes; and when seen next to one another, with the benefit of an aerial view, they often seem to make up patchwork quilts. Mother Nature becomes something of a darner – helped, of course, by more than a stitch or two from the hand of human cultivation. Join us as we let our imaginations run wild (as our legs did when we were children!) and take in a bird’s eye view of 15 of the most stunning patchwork quilt landscapes the world has to offer."

Meanwhile, Somewhere in a Chinese Desert....

New photos have appeared in Google Maps showing unidentified structures in the middle of the Chinese desert.

It’s located in Dunhuang, Jiuquan, Gansu, north of the Shule River, which crosses the Tibetan Plateau to the west into the Kumtag Desert. It covers an area approximately one mile long by more than 3,000 feet wide.

You can check it out yourself in Google Maps here.

via wired.com