any pilots over Derbyshire...

[net]

a crop carving/circle has appeared in a field in Deerbyshire and it would
be great if a recreational pilot could fly over and take a picture for the
rest of us to see. It's probably a hoax but an aerial shot would still be
appreciated.
The field is to the left of Castle Hayes Lane, Google Earth ref: 52-50'52/83
N 1-41'57.89 W, or type Tutbury into GE and find your way from there. The
highest I could get was 10ft off the ground and I took some pics from there.
See them here:
http://www.zen73857.zen.co.uk/crop/

[CanalBuilder]

From the pictures you posted it looks like wind/rain damage. But it
would be good to see it from above.

Post by net
a crop carving/circle has appeared in a field in Deerbyshire and it would
be great if a recreational pilot could fly over and take a picture for the
rest of us to see. It's probably a hoax but an aerial shot would still be
appreciated.
The field is to the left of Castle Hayes Lane, Google Earth ref: 52-50'52/83
N 1-41'57.89 W, or type Tutbury into GE and find your way from there. The
highest I could get was 10ft off the ground and I took some pics from there.
http://www.zen73857.zen.co.uk/crop/

[net]

From the pictures you posted it looks like wind/rain damage. But it would
be good to see it from above.

several people have said wind damage but I don't think it is. This field is
flanked by other fields, with the same crop at the same height and they are
untouched. Wind does not confine itself to one field. Wind also does not
centre itself in one field. This crop damage appears to have been all
composed within the boundaries of one field. Until there's an aerial shot
available it's just speculation....

[Chris]

It could wind damage if a mini tornado landed in that field.

Post by net

From the pictures you posted it looks like wind/rain damage. But it would
be good to see it from above.

several people have said wind damage but I don't think it is. This field
is flanked by other fields, with the same crop at the same height and they
are untouched. Wind does not confine itself to one field. Wind also does
not centre itself in one field. This crop damage appears to have been all
composed within the boundaries of one field. Until there's an aerial shot
available it's just speculation....

[Stephen]

Post by net

From the pictures you posted it looks like wind/rain damage. But it would
be good to see it from above.

several people have said wind damage but I don't think it is. This field
is flanked by other fields, with the same crop at the same height and they
are untouched. Wind does not confine itself to one field. Wind also does
not centre itself in one field. This crop damage appears to have been all
composed within the boundaries of one field. Until there's an aerial shot
available it's just speculation....

Non-uniform wind damage is quite common.

Wind isn't a uniform movement of the air over the land. There are all sorts
of eddies and currents especially on a day where there is thermal activity.
Sometimes these eddies are created by surface features so the eddy will
confine itself to a particular place (or downwind of the feature). If you
don't believe me go to a largish expanse of water and look at the patterns
the wind makes on the surface.

Stephen

[Edward]

Post by net

From the pictures you posted it looks like wind/rain damage. But it would
be good to see it from above.

several people have said wind damage but I don't think it is. This field is
flanked by other fields, with the same crop at the same height and they are
untouched. Wind does not confine itself to one field. Wind also does not
centre itself in one field. This crop damage appears to have been all
composed within the boundaries of one field. Until there's an aerial shot
available it's just speculation....

Speaking as a farmer, yes it is wind and rain damage called 'lodging'.
You can see the typical 'edge effect' where the crop beside the
tramlines is undamaged as is the side of the field. Slightly different
micro climate means the straw is just that bit stronger because of extra
light usually. If you say the adjoining fields are undamaged it just
means that they are a different variety, or operations have been done on
a different date. Also, in the bottom pic you can see where the damage
at the periphery is at right angles to the rest of the field. This is
because the centre of the field has fertiliser spread up and down and
then finished off by going round the periphery. If it was my field I
would be checking the calibration of my spreader. I would probably find
nothing and put it down to a batch of slightly higher or lower moisture
content fertiliser feeding through at a different rate.

It will be a pain to combine but it is remarkable how efficiently modern
cutterbar reels will pick it up.