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Giant Chinese Desert Mystery Structure Solved

Posted by samzenpus on from the that-settles-that dept.

Velcroman1 writes "Slashdotters read Monday about strange symbols in the Gobi Desert recently imaged and indexed by Google Maps. Alien landing zones? Some military thingy? Bizarre art project? Nope. The grids of zigzagging white lines seen in two of the images — the strangest of the various desert structures — are spy satellite calibration targets, according to one NASA scientist."

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  1. Happy Holidays from the Golden Girls! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Thank you for being a friend
    Traveled down the road and back again
    Your heart is true, you're a pal and a cosmonaut.

    And if you threw a party
    Invited everyone you ever knew
    You would see the biggest gift would be from me
    And the card attached would say, thank you for being a friend.

    1. Re:Happy Holidays from the Golden Girls! by TigerTime · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      cosmonaut?????? haha. Confidant