Monumental military/science experiment going on in a Chinese desert.

[Paroxysm]

This one seems to be the weirdest of all.

http://maps.google.de/maps?q=44+42'...039&sspn=22.253302,53.745117&vpsrc=6&t=h&z=12

I wonder what it is?

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

 

[DarkSovereignty]

they're obviously WMD's. :P

 

[SuperSoldier985]

 

[TheDragonator]

Oh god, conspiracy theorists are going to go beserk over this.

 

[Ultra Lantern]

They look like puzzles for aliens to solve.

 

[Duke]

The nutjobs will be in full force later.

 

[Wolfwood]

That's...pretty weird. Don't know what to think about all that. The one with destroyed vehicles definitely makes it look like a giant target.

 

[enterthemadness]

....all I know is we clearly need Nic Cage on this. And Pax, Pax is smart.

 

[bgates87]

So these were taken 5 years ago?

 

[enterthemadness]

So these were taken 5 years ago?

If so, bummer.

 

[DareDemon]

It looks like someone used a giant roll of tape to make "art". I have no idea what I'm looking at.

 

[PSYLENTGuardian]

 

[Paroxysm]

http://maps.google.de/maps?q=44+42'...039&sspn=22.253302,53.745117&vpsrc=6&t=h&z=12

This one is the craziest of all, if you zoom in close you can see that those lines are actually roads.

 

[The Apocalypse]

This looks like a failed transmutation circle to me.

 

[craigdbfan]

 

[Monsieur Xavier]

My thoughts exactly

I was under the impression that China has forbbiden satellite pictures of some areas and Google Map got that ? Odd.

 

[Metamorpho1977]

Isn't that where the arks are going to be in 2012?

 

[Pink Ranger]

China is making the world's biggest and most thematically-confusing cookie cutter.

 

[Mike_D202]

Looks like top secret military facilities. Or are they preparing for the end of the world and are building underground cities?! AAHH!!!

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

The Chinese are doing it just to see the lulzy reactions of Western bloggers and forum-posters.

 

[Paroxysm]

Somebody Ordered Tons of Satellite Photographs of China’s Mysterious Structures

Somebody Ordered Tons of Satellite Photographs of China’s Mysterious StructuresThere are lots of explanations for the gigantic structures built in China's desert. But the most mysterious thing is invisible: according to a former CIA analyst, there's someone who has ordered tons of satellite photos of this area since 2004.

And the plot thickens.
Allen Thomson, an analyst who used to work for the agency in the field of reconnaissance satellites, has noticed that "starting in 2004, somebody has ordered many, many satellite pictures of it."

You can see the extreme density of these requests if you turn on the DigitalGlobe layer in Google Earth—the satellite has received commands to photograph this area many hundreds of times. Compare that crazy grid of squares to the few images taken of its surroundings.

I doubt these orders come from the US military, since they have their own spy satellites—more accurate than Google's. Perhaps it's some low level agency not connected to the military. Or another country. Or Magneto. Whoever it is, Thomson points out to Wired's Danger Room that it "can't have been cheap."

http://gizmodo.com/5859781/somebody...e-photographs-of-chinas-mysterious-structures

Or another country.