At approximately 27* 39' north, 22* 30' east (I think that's right), there's some kind of great big cloud of smoke and fireballs in Eastern Libya. Looks like an airport or something. Does anyone know what happened?
What's more, there's big fields of huge green dots slightly to the east. Anybody know what those are?
What's this weird Google Maps object in Libya?
They're farms. Since plants don't naturally grow in the middle of the desert, agriculture has to be done in highly controlled areas like that.
I have no idea what smoke and fire you're talking about.
Edit: Nevermind, I found the smoke...I'm checking it out, hang on.
Edit 2: The pictures label it as "Sarar Field". So I'm guessing it's an oil well field and a refinery. The gases (natural gas, etc.) released during oil gathering have to be burned off, so that's probably the cause of the smoke. That, or there were a series of explosions and the satellite just happened to pass by at that time while oil wells were burning.
Reply:The fire spots almost look like oil wells on fire, but they are in the middle of a city, so I'm not sure. And I think the green dots are some kind of water/sewer treatment plant. There is some really strange stuff on Google Earth.
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