Rice Field Art

Japanese farmers are creating dazzling displays in rice fields.
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They creating the huge displays using different colours of rice plants that have been precisely and strategically arranged and grown in the paddy fields.

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As summer progresses and the plants shoot up, the detailed artwork begins to emerge.
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I wonder... how they survey the ground accurately to map the image on a large scale on the ground :-/
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