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China Building Gigantic Structures In the Desert

Posted by timothy on from the what's-your-best-guess? dept.

vbraga writes "New photos have appeared in Google Maps showing unidentified titanic structures in the middle of the Chinese desert. The first one is an intricate network of what appears to be huge metallic stripes. It's located in Dunhuang, Jiuquan, Gansu, north of the Shule River, which crosses the Tibetan Plateau to the west into the Kumtag Desert. It covers an area approximately one mile long by more than 3,000 feet wide. The tracks are perfectly executed, and they seem to be designed to be seen from orbit."

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  1. Re:These areas are for military by FrankSchwab · · Score: 5, Informative

    Because all of his links go to ads?

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  2. Possibly Salt Evaporation by cobrausn · · Score: 5, Informative

    Some folks on hackernews have suggested it could be a massive salt or mineral collection operation. Not sure myself, but here is the comparison shots.

    One in Israel

    California

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  3. Re:These areas are for military by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Not to mention it's completely ripped off from a reddit post here:
    http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/mat1s/there_appears_to_be_a_monumental_militaryscience/

  4. Re:Possible use... by lgw · · Score: 5, Informative

    Well, from what I've read it's near a Chinese missile testing site, and it a couple o fthese do look like a fake city grid done up in a hurry to give surface-to-surface missiles something to shoot at.

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