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Flying over Central California I saw a dashed line cut through fields like
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AftyOfTheUK · 20 hr. ago

Something similar here:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Williams,+CA+95987/@39.0656091,-122.1874146,1946m/
data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x80836498297544f5:0x32409d743ec29637!8m2!3d39.1546137!4d-
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It's areas that are underneath powerlines. They take out the vegetation so that in the event of a
line fall, the sparks don't have anything to set on fire.

It's dashed, because very close to the towers themselves, the altitude/elevation of the power
lines means that if a cable snaps, it cannot fall onto the ground at a point closer to the tower
than the height of the cable, so they can leave that area productive.

There are also some areas along those routes that don't have the dots/dashes - I can only
assume that this is areas where the crops are either unlikely to burn (vineyards, maybe, they're
not flammable compared with citrus trees etc.) or where the power company has yet to come to
an agreement with the landowner about compensation for the loss in crop productivity.

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NRVagntSOLEATR +1 · 5 hr. ago

Thats terrifying.

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origamiguyljb +1 · 18 hr. ago

I think I started to vaguely guess this before reading the comments, neat

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GroupGiraffe · 10 hr. ago

Nice try, "Big Map"!

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Deathbyhours +3 · 12 hr. ago

Right. That, or a glitch in the Matrix.

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Dazzling_Ad5338 +1 · 16 hr. ago

That's a hell of a lot put to chance, that the power lines will fall directly down and lay on the
right part of ground.

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TheEngineer09 · 14 hr. ago

I mean, they'll fall in a really predictable way. Lines don't have a ton of surface area to
catch wind, they're also under a decent amount of tension (mostly from their own
weight), which will send them in a predictable direction. If they were to break and fall they
are going to go more or less straight down. The cleared patches are also decently wide,
just hard to notice from such a high perspective.

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Joclo22 · 12 hr. ago

It’s all calculated. How much sag on a record minimum and maximum day, design
wind speed. This is engineering folks.

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Zorpfield +1 · 3 hr. ago

The more you know ⭐️

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hertzzogg +2 · 22 hr. ago

Fold along this line.

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7Dukester11 · 21 hr. ago

No no no, you need to cut!

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CHEWBRIEL +1 · 21 hr. ago

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JonMeadows +2 · 20 hr. ago

Can we do this to Texas too I think they’re okay with it

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ElectronicPaint9648 +2 · 20 hr. ago

Upvote - a texan

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Upstairs_Trouble_308 +3 · 16 hr. ago

Only problem with Texas - too many Texans.

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daveescaped +2 · 15 hr. ago

Ya know why they call it the lone star state? It’s based on the Yelp reviews.

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LightsoutSD +3 · 15 hr. ago · edited 3 hr. ago

“The trouble with Scotland…is that it’s full of Scotts!”

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Mysterious-Good1581 · 13 hr. ago

Damn Scots, they ruined Scotland!

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deepaksn +2 · 11 hr. ago

Prima Nocta First Night! If we can’t get them out; we breed them out.

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ComradeGibbon +1 · 8 hr. ago

In Scotland Prima Nocta applied to women. In Wales it applies to

sheep.

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ElectronicPaint9648 +2 · 16 hr. ago

No too little Texans!

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Joclo22 · 12 hr. ago

Too little, and Texans…ha!

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ElectronicPaint9648 +2 · 2 hr. ago

Lol

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human-ish_ · 12 hr. ago

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ElectronicPaint9648 +2 · 2 hr. ago

Is that the saying 😭

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HistoricalMention210 +1 · 17 hr. ago

Upvote from a Louisianan who is willing to help dig the hole as long as I can
stay on the Texas side afterwards!

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Mrowrae-X · 17 hr. ago

DEAL!

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ElectronicPaint9648 +2 · 17 hr. ago

Haha yes! 😂

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Civil-Extension5175 +1 · 16 hr. ago

C’mon over.

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Senior_Mittens +2 · 14 hr. ago · edited 5 hr. ago

Am from Texas as well. Why don’t we just take Texas, and PUSH it somewhere
else? Maybe California will pick a different state to move too.

Edit: Guess folks from SoCal didn’t like my comment. Lol.

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ComradeGibbon +1 · 8 hr. ago

I've said we should detach Texas, attach giant outboard motors and ram it
into France.

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SilverBraids +2 · 19 hr. ago

The problem with doing to Texas what Bugs did to Florida is even if you make
the cut, the state won't move. Why? Because of how much Oklahoma sucks.

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finnjakefionnacake +2 · 19 hr. ago

you went a long way for that one, but it was worth it in the end

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daveescaped +2 · 15 hr. ago

Not bad.

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JonMeadows +2 · 20 hr. ago

Idk we could just cut it off and get in our boats and all just push it somewhere
else

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choose-a-nickname · 18 hr. ago

straight to Honduras, where they’ll fit right in /s

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Ghostglitch07 +3 · 17 hr. ago

Attach rockets. Send it over the other states or to space.

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Mayiask1 · 16 hr. ago

Yeah I’m perfectly fine with this. I live in Texas

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corsicanguppy +2 · 8 hr. ago

Mexico isn't. They're gonna ask for it back.

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butterlover09803 · 19 hr. ago

No cause then we crash wit cuba AND I AINT GOING BACK TO NO DAMN CUBA

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The_Last_Snow-Elf +2 · 18 hr. ago

Upvoted - A Central Florida Resident

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7Dukester11 · 20 hr. ago

Exactly!

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tp104994 +2 · 14 hr. ago

Florida man floats away

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ismaelf +1 · 14 hr. ago

Best fify ever!

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QuantityOrdinary9314 +1 · 11 hr. ago

Bye Felicia!!!

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Evi30n +3 · 6 hr. ago

Based Bugs

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Obvious_Sound_5207 +1 · 13 min. ago

You need an ADULT to cut.

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Comfortable_Text · 19 hr. ago

I'm fine by that! Bye Cali!

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Oenohyde +1 · 16 hr. ago

Origami California.

Full of Rhinos? Ya, hopefully!

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SLUGGO_25 · 17 hr. ago

Just proves the earth is flat and the got folded it there before putting us in their pocket.

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Sledgehammer925 +1 · 22 hr. ago

That’s where we’re supposed to separate after the big earthquake.

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frothysmile +1 · 20 hr. ago

I think California is seperating with the earthquake or at least that is what Tool was praying
for in aenima

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VegetableDependent42 · 18 hr. ago

Like a graham cracker

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s1gnalZer0 +4 · 22 hr. ago

How do you think those dashed lines got on the map to begin with?

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WillNotBeAThrowaway +2 · 19 hr. ago

If you keep following it, you eventually arrive at some big-ass scissors.

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Kaiserschmarren_ +1 · 6 hr. ago

What if it goes around the earth?

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madpainter · 21 hr. ago

I’m guessing high voltage power lines with white wraps on them so low flying pilots don’t hit
them. If you EHANCE it you can see the small dots that are probably the towers for the wires.

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Friskei +2 · 21 hr. ago

I think you almost nailed it, I found the area on google maps. You can see for yourself; just
west of a town called Williams.

It appears to be, to me, the ground cover (crops or whatever) is clear cut along the power
lines… why in that pattern? No clue

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Binder_Grinder +1 · 20 hr. ago · edited 20 hr. ago

It looks to be PG&E 500KV (source) over an orchard. PG&E has unique requirements for
clearances around transmission lines after being sued for causing wildfires (source II).
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BizzEB +1 · 19 hr. ago

This. The trees are cleared around the base of the towers, giving the short "dash." The
lines sag, requiring clearing of the trees once it's far enough from the tower; this looks
like the long dash. The remaining trees are in between those cleared areas.

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Sansenoy +1 · 15 hr. ago

Fuck PG&E

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dosta1322 +1 · 20 hr. ago

Street View where the dotted line intersects a highway shows overhead transmission
lines.

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troglobiont · 20 hr. ago

I think you're right. These are orchards, so tree cover. I wonder if the trees were cut to
build the lines, and are now on a different timing than the rest of the orchard?

Check out the street view vs satellite imagery just south of East Camp Road and
Beauchamp Dr. The older street view has short trees in the gaps, but the satellite shows
clear-cut.

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wombers +2 · 20 hr. ago

Soooo... Simulation not confirmed?

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ImgurianAkom OP +2 · 21 hr. ago

If you look closely you can see paces where the marks end abruptly at the edge of fields. It
seems to be on the ground.

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Ikebook89 · 20 hr. ago · edited 19 hr. ago

It is on the ground.
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You can clearly see the power line and no crops under them.

Edit

Possible explanation:

https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/x45b0r/smoking_high_voltage_powerlines/imu
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Anxious_Jellyfish216 +2 · 16 hr. ago

You need to turn off overlays.

Close your eyes >> navigate to settings >> eye settings >> post processing >> expand Overlay
options >> disable map overlays >> restart now.

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I__eat__ass__ +1 · 22 hr. ago

✂️- - -

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Koctopuz · 20 hr. ago

Airplanes can pass each other there

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SpaceGoonie +1 · 20 hr. ago · edited 20 hr. ago

I thought everyone knew about San Andreas Fault...

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bettermauve +1 · 22 hr. ago

"awiens"

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Transmission lines.

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icydee +2 · 13 hr. ago

Earthquake zone. It means ‘tear along dotted line’

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-PM_Me_Dat_Ass_Girl- +2 · 22 hr. ago

Believe it or not, China's revised their nine-dash line.

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sythingtackle +1 · 20 hr. ago

The centre line

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PXranger +2 · 19 hr. ago

It’s the zipper

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spartanwill14 · 16 hr. ago

Your so high up you actually saw the line that is shown on the map.

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StringHot920 +1 · 11 hr. ago

There should be a giant scissor at the end

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Rapido_09 · 10 hr. ago

Aliens

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ScoobyDerp · 8 hr. ago

Aliens. That’s the only possible explanation.

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jerry111165 +2 · 5 hr. ago

Where do you think they come from on the maps?

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Mellowastakenuwu · 22 hr. ago

I really thought those were just some cracked tiles…

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fotograficoguy · 17 hr. ago

I used to love Mad Magazine. I wonder what hidden picture it will reveal?

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LegendOfParasiteMana +1 · 17 hr. ago

Fly a little higher and you'd see the name of each state from above.

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calling-ur-bs +2 · 16 hr. ago

You fly across the pacific and see a giant compass.

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xxxxHawk1969xxxx +2 · 16 hr. ago

State line obviously

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Phs126 · 21 hr. ago

I think it’s the border of Nevada.

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EliMinivan · 20 hr. ago

Op said central California. It's probably just construction for a water main or smthn

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DrunkBuzzard · 19 hr. ago

It’s the San Andreas fault it’s perforated so it’ll separate easy and slip off into the sea

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bxsephjo +1 · 21 hr. ago

What’s it called when you do a quick loose stitch of the front of the quilting to the backing just
to hold it together before you start the actual quilting stitching?

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thebriarwitch +2 · 21 hr. ago

It’s called basting stitch

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stealthsjw +1 · 21 hr. ago

Basting :)

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bxsephjo +1 · 21 hr. ago

Anyway it looks like that

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Joe_Pitt · 16 hr. ago

It might have something to do with the high speed rail construction which is starting in the
Central Valley

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panxerox · 15 hr. ago

Thats a conspiracy theory

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ComradeGibbon +1 · 8 hr. ago

It's power lines, but you can actually see the path of the high speed rail line too.

https://goo.gl/maps/8H6bbd5gCfYBin7o9

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Sight_Distance · 16 hr. ago

From engineering, that is either the line style for an alignment or pavement markings between
two lanes in the same direction.

I have no idea what it’s doing here, but it does appear to be on purpose.

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mindlessbrains · 21 hr. ago

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Hefty-Particular-964 · 21 hr. ago

This makes me think it's maybe high-tension power lines, and the gaps are non-reflective
insulators. It looks like it's been diverted around the plots in the middle of the picture.

But this just makes me more curious what it is.

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Serikan +2 · 18 hr. ago

Also check out the USA-Canada Border and how it is maintained

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DueFan4496 · 20 hr. ago

Nice view

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ConnieLingus24 · 16 hr. ago

…..Midwesterner here (admittedly, Chicagoan so Midwesterner is up for debate). But this looks
like the Midwest. Just saying.

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TheMelv · 16 hr. ago

Otisburg?

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