Is this a water tank?

Looks like a cylindrical object In the middle of nowhere with radial lines emanating from it. It could be water tank or a silo.

Also check out the right angled object in the north-west. It could be either water storage pond or camera glitch.

These were not visible in GE imagery till August 5, 2013

May be the experts here will throw some light on these two objects.


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water-tank.kmz (722 B)

My opinion: cattle troughs (there are more in the area). I interpret the rectangular object as a water reservoir.

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Tank2.kmz (692 B)

I agree willi1. It could be a water trough. 

Aug 25, 2021 14:57:34 GMT willi1 said:

... I interpret the rectangular object as a water reservoir.

which one do you mean? - if the black right angle object on CJM's caption, then that is a quite high, right angle-shape fence (yet another thing with unknown function(!)) and its shadow. Probably a shader for animal..? (No faint ideas actually...) 
Check it by another time stamp on ZoomEarth. 

But if you mean these, then yeah - these are pools of water (the elongated, white humps next to the ponds are made up of the excavated soil)
water tanks and more for CJM.kmz (879 B)

If the black body on top left is not a water source then I think it is camera glitch or rather image stitching problem.

How do you say master CJM?!

Have you checked ZE link? - other sun angle = other shadow casted by the fence..! (for any purpose)  

At least it is would be strange from a glitch to appear in two different imageries in quite a different form, does not it?   ... of course it is up also for the water source theory. ( ;

Note: measured in US units it is pretty exactly 25 yards long (per side)
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And the solution for the right angle shade fence:

Windbreak for grazing animal.

Cattle using a NRCS designed windbreak as part of a grazing plan. 
Photo by Seth Skogen, Bison, SD, NRCS Field Office.

Description: Cattle using a fabricated windbreak in north western South Dakota. The windbreak was part of an overall Conservation Plan provided to the rancher free of charge by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). The NRCS staff helped the producer with assessing their resources, planning their grazing rotation to meet their goals and designing conservation practices such as this fabricated windbreak.

In areas where trees don't grow very well naturally, the fabricated windbreak is an alternative to help shelter their animals from the harsh winter winds and snow. There are other benefits to society from conservation practices such as these.

Date: 3 January 2014, 12:50

source:  Wikimedia Commons


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As far as I suspect it is from the same site, also a twin pair of that you have spotted in north-eastern South Dakota(!) 

Here we go with other pieces (on (web)GE) from the same area:

windbreak_2 at >>45°23'16"N 103°37'17"W<<

windbreak_3 at >>45°23'53"N 103°38'19"W<<

or check updated kmz folder with a 4th windbreak included:
water tanks and more for CJM.kmz (1.41 KB)
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Thread done! 

syzygy   Well done great research. Hats off to you 

Last night before going to sleep I had checked imageries from other map providers and had also come to the same conclusion as yours that it is a shadow of some wall or fence. Your research however has proved it beyond any doubt.


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