I drive 35 miles one way most days in the flat MS Delta. It is obvious in some stretches that level goes for about 2 miles and suddenly it is like going over small a hill as the road tilts down almost imperceptibly, and again and again.
I meet weekly in a mentoring session with a soybean and rice farmer. Recently we had a discussion on the curvature of the earth that is so noticeable in flat lands. He said "Of course it's noticeable. Our laser levels for leveling land for rice farming (filled with water to a depth only a few inches) - the laser levels are only good for 1000 feet either side of the level's stand. Beyond that, land will start going uphill if held to laser lights which is straight. And the rice fields won't flood on the edges at that point."
I never thought that "level" was that limited.
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I meet weekly in a mentoring session with a soybean and rice farmer. Recently we had a discussion on the curvature of the earth that is so noticeable in flat lands. He said "Of course it's noticeable. Our laser levels for leveling land for rice farming (filled with water to a depth only a few inches) - the laser levels are only good for 1000 feet either side of the level's stand. Beyond that, land will start going uphill if held to laser lights which is straight. And the rice fields won't flood on the edges at that point."
I never thought that "level" was that limited.
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