Odd structures and designs in the desert in China

[iamwiz82]

the round design looks like a test bed for ground zero events. Radiation, electrical interference, weapons, etc?

 

[The_Dude8]

the round design looks like a test bed for ground zero events. Radiation, electrical interference, weapons, etc?

They're preparing for the Zombies apocalypse, when the Chinese people ran out off food.

 

[chorb]

I don't know, therefore...

mother fucking aliens!

 

[darkewaffle]

This seems simple. It's a regular runway and one for water planes :sneaky:

Actually to the right of the cyan strip theres a small cluster of like 'severely' blue buildings or something, with other cyan clusters with some blue borders. It doesn't look crisp enough to be shopped but I can't really see that coloration being 'real'.

 

[Red Squirrel]

My guess is it's for military training or something. The need the power plant to power all the rice cookers because they have 39583957839563967376907694766957^3857839568390678 people to feed.

 

[Zedtom]

Those inscrutable Chinese! They are always trying to deceive us.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjNRXfRXnoc

 

[JTsyo]

Mystery solved

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.