Odd structures and designs in the desert in China

[SAWYER]

http://gizmodo.com/5859081/why-is-c...gantic-structures-in-the-middle-of-the-desert

 

[FoBoT]

that is where they make iphones

 

[IronWing]

They're mathematical proofs. It lets the aliens know we got maths so don't fuuk with us.

 

[Matthiasa]

Easily found the blue one. The whole thing appears to be powered by a large power plant with the huge amount of water there being used for steam generation,if open cycle, and cooling.
So some type of factory, processing facility and mine.

 

[SparkyJJO]

It is what they are spending all our money on as we buy more and more crap from them.

 

[BoomerD]

Repost...sort of. I posted this in Locut0s' thread.

http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=32566086&postcount=92

 

[zanejohnson]

Smells like a weapon ...one that will make our military irrelevant

 

[SparkyJJO]

Smells like a weapon ...one that will make our military irrelevant

Well, we know the answer to that, don't we?

 

[wetomb]

It looks like weapons testing to me. The pockmarked earth in the surrounding area suggests that they are patterns to try confuse some sort of targeting system.

 

[rhino56]

looks photoshopped to me LOL

 

[seepy83]

This thread inspired me to take 5 free mins and see if I could find anything interesting. Wierd figure 8's around what I assume are airplane runways? I don't know...even the paint on the runways is strange to me.

http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&sour....796707&spn=0.04847,0.077076&t=h&z=14&iwloc=A

 

[ViviTheMage]

So, why doesn't anyone just head over and see what's really up?

 

[Wyndru]

I don't know, therefore...

 

[Ns1]

http://gizmodo.com/5859081/why-is-c...gantic-structures-in-the-middle-of-the-desert

holy shit

 

[highland145]

So, why doesn't anyone just head over and see what's really up?

I wouldn't do well as an American "spy" in a Chinese prison. Bruce Wayne/007 I'm not.

 

[911paramedic]

There's another one off to the West.

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.45...&spn=0.016212,0.033023&num=1&t=h&vpsrc=6&z=16

 

[CPA]

There's another one off to the West.

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.45...&spn=0.016212,0.033023&num=1&t=h&vpsrc=6&z=16

It makes no sense because it barely changes in shade and doesn't change at all in dimension as it goes through water, onto mountains, etc. It's almost as if it's a photo overlay.

 

[SpatiallyAware]

It makes no sense because it barely changes in shade and doesn't change at all in dimension as it goes through water, onto mountains, etc. It's almost as if it's a photo overlay.

I agree except there are places where the sand/dirt has blown over the markings.


Very very bizarre.. Almost looks like an antenna of some sort

 

[OutHouse]

google street view fail

 

[darkewaffle]

How do we know it was China and not... aliens?

Though I would kind of like to know why everything is that neon cyan color, I agree that it does look altered. Though I don't know if that's because it actually looks altered or the color is just so out of place.

 

[JTsyo]

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

 

[Jodell88]

 

[911paramedic]

google street view fail

Feel free to take one of those google cars on a tour out there so we can use street view. Give us a call and let us know what you found. :thumbsup:

 

[Ns1]

:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

 

[zanejohnson]

anyone have any SOUND ideas on what this is? why does it need a power plant? WHY?

why is it shaped like stonehenge, WHY?

think of the possibilities of a powered stonehenge?