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Old 14-11-2011, 12:35 PM   #1
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Default Hhmm China, what you up to....

Put your tin foil caps on and share your ideas on this.

sourced > http://gizmodo.com/5859081/why-is-ch...-of-the-desert

Google maps direct link to another >http://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.452...h&vpsrc=6&z=17


More pics at site

I think it's some sort of military target but it's pretty strange.
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Old 14-11-2011, 12:58 PM   #2
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Could possibly be used to calibrate a satellite all seeing spy eye?
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Old 14-11-2011, 01:58 PM   #3
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Old 14-11-2011, 02:18 PM   #4
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The one with the derelict aircraft appears to be a training centre of some kind (like for Commandos), but the others...my guess is spy satellite calibration but you can do this with any fixed landmark.
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Old 14-11-2011, 02:27 PM   #5
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something to do with 2012 lol
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Old 14-11-2011, 02:32 PM   #6
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Guiness world record for largest *insert witty comment*.

My personal one is *largest photoshop*.
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Old 14-11-2011, 02:46 PM   #7
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Chinese checkers... Lol...
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Old 14-11-2011, 04:45 PM   #8
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Chinese graffiti for NASA/US spy satellites.

Rough translation is "Yankee go home!"

Or the Chinese version of this....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marree_Man
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Old 14-11-2011, 05:06 PM   #9
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Giant Chinese puzzle!
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Old 14-11-2011, 05:17 PM   #10
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Looks a little like on of those barcodes a smart phone reads....

Scan it and it will say "Made in China"...

Looking at the comments in the link, looks like a map of a city.... semi plausible if you ask me!
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Old 14-11-2011, 05:45 PM   #11
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I you go to the Google link of the last one, the planes, then zoom out, there's a heap more semi "weird" stuff, some of which looks like an old airfield and irrigated cropping.
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Old 14-11-2011, 05:59 PM   #12
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Old 14-11-2011, 06:01 PM   #13
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quite an effort, but wierd.
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Old 14-11-2011, 06:27 PM   #14
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Freaky, that's exactly the same pattern Elvis had on his belt buckle at his second to last show...
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China is probably testing laser beam cannons.
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Old 14-11-2011, 10:09 PM   #16
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its a whale sonar jamming system , jamms whale sonar so no aliens think we're eating whales .
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Old 14-11-2011, 11:00 PM   #17
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Old 14-11-2011, 11:54 PM   #18
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Freaky, that's exactly the same pattern Elvis had on his belt buckle at his second to last show...
Its the humans second last hurrah before we indirectly self terminate....the end is coming....



I'd say its a photoshop....a bloody good photoshop at that. Cant find any other explanation.

If it were something top secret im sure it would have been photochopped out of google maps/earth a long time ago...

but then again....weird stuff happens every now n then....eh well life goes on...for now
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http://news.ninemsn.com.au/glancevie...e-china.glance

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Intriguing images of vast grid structures in China’s Gobi Desert have left observers questioning what the superpower might be building in its remote north-western reaches.

Photographs from the Bing and Google Maps satellites show the mysterious structures, which are located at the border of the Gansu and Xinjiang provinces.

A region where China has often tested its military, space and nuclear hardware.

Conspiracy theorists have already labelled it the “Chinese Area 51”, while others believe the grids might be targets for satellite guided weapons.
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Old 15-11-2011, 09:18 PM   #20
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Reverse engineering Jackson Pollocks Blue Poles
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On a mil website discussing this, area- and scenarious used for training by PLA and other mil related service agencies for advanced and regular smart weapons.
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Old 15-11-2011, 11:00 PM   #22
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hmmmm........ looks fake to me.

if they have built something there then why can you still see the contors of the original landscape through the white lines.

or maybe its just a new modern art work. lets spray paint patterns over the desert and see how long before someone spots it.
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Old 15-11-2011, 11:16 PM   #23
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maybe the satellite lens cracked
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Old 16-11-2011, 01:45 AM   #24
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hmmmm........ looks fake to me.

if they have built something there then why can you still see the contors of the original landscape through the white lines.

or maybe its just a new modern art work. lets spray paint patterns over the desert and see how long before someone spots it.
Yeah its not real. Its just an image thats been put onto the map. Can't believe there was an article written up on it.
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Old 16-11-2011, 11:38 AM   #25
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Old 16-11-2011, 11:50 AM   #26
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Totally fake.. you can see the contours of the landscape, and the straight lines are just too perfect over a non-flat landscape like that... someone has just hacked google maps again
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