News, Bizarre structures in the desert in China discovered on Google Maps. (cons, live)
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What is China building in a remote desert area? Vast, unidentified, structures have been spotted by satellites in the barren Gobi desert, raising questions about what China might be building in a region it uses for its military, space and nuclear programmes.
Certainly strange looking images. Of the image that shows what look like destroyed vehicles, the pattern of brown squares is rather curious. Maybe it's a bombing range.
In the 1st image of weird zigzag lines, they appear to be about 20 meters wide.
It turns out that they are almost definitely used to calibrate China's spy satellites. The grids of zigzagging white lines seen in two of the images — the strangest of the various desert structures — are spy satellite calibration targets. Satellite cameras focus on the grids, which measure approximately 0.65 miles wide by 1.15 miles long, and use them to orient themselves in space. Mysterious Symbols in China Desert Are Spy Satellite Targets, Expert Says | LiveScience
However, there is always the chance the Google maps have been hacked and that these "structures" are mere overlays, inserted through digital skulduggery and intended to keep conspiracy theorists happy for weeks. The 21st century version of crop circles, in other words.
It turns out that they are almost definitely used to calibrate China's spy satellites. The grids of zigzagging white lines seen in two of the images — the strangest of the various desert structures — are spy satellite calibration targets. Satellite cameras focus on the grids, which measure approximately 0.65 miles wide by 1.15 miles long, and use them to orient themselves in space. Mysterious Symbols in China Desert Are Spy Satellite Targets, Expert Says | LiveScience
However, there is always the chance the Google maps have been hacked and that these "structures" are mere overlays, inserted through digital skulduggery and intended to keep conspiracy theorists happy for weeks. The 21st century version of crop circles, in other words.
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Good hunting! Mystery solved. I found it on MSNBC as well. The images do look pretty weird.