Nick Trollope Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Looking on Google Earth, there is a huge area (about 13Km across) surrounded by what looks like circular fields.What is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJSLIV Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Before Le General threw them out, there was a major US base in this area. When they left the bases were taken over by the French. I think the circles are either abandonned military structures, or even installations which have been airbrushed to disguise current usage. On Google you can see a major camp not too far north of Retjons with impressive outer fencing which itself has some circles within it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Geoportail.fr will give you far higher resolution than Google Earth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Thanks for that, it has been puzzling me since the question was first asked here http://www.completefrance.com/cs/forums/1084214/ShowPost.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 I suppose that it might be a big water treatment plant????????? There aren't arf a lot of very strange round fields there. I can't get Geopotail to show the site properly. It keeps on jumping around all over the place and when I can get it settled as has been said it loks as if there has been a hell of a lot of airbrushing going on?I have just had a look again and used the IGN maps supplied by Geoportail. The name of the place is 'Champ de tir de Captieux' which translates to a bloody great firing range field!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonraker Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 http://www.dircam.air.defense.gouv.fr/dia/PDF/MIAC4_LF01_02.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saucedecochon Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Its the old Captieux airbase, which is as already stated a firing range etc, used largely by aircraft from the airbase at Mont de Marsan.There are lots of circular shapes in our area.Its les Pivots or the irrigating machines which water the fields nearby, and which rotate round a single well point.No lil green guys about making circles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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