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mikey23545

11-15-2011, 03:40 PM

Why Is China Building These Gigantic Structures
In the Middle of the Desert?

Click on this link to see the article with all the pics:http://gizmodo.com/5859081/why-is-china-building-these-gigantic-structures-in-the-middle-of-the-desert

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This is crazy. 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. Is this a military experiment?

Update 2: readers are finding even more weird stuff.

They seem to be wide lines drawn with some white material. Or maybe the dust have been dug by machinery.

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.

Perhaps it's some kind of targeting or calibrating grid for Chinese spy satellites? Maybe it's a QR code for aliens? Nobody really knows.

You can check it out yourself in Google Maps here : http://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.452107,93.742118&hl=de&ll=40.447764,93.744299&spn=0.005201,0.010107&num=1&t=h&vpsrc=6&z=17

The second structure seems to be some kind of giant targeting grid, also north of the Shule river.

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/6526/mediumdd0e9d109a59ed609.png (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/100/mediumdd0e9d109a59ed609.png/)

If you zoom in, you can see vehicles destroyed. It's west of what seems to be a fairly big electrical station or a radio station similar to HAARP, the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program located near Gakona, Alaska, and funded by the US Air Force, the US Navy, the University of Alaska, and DARPA. (calling all conspiracy nuts, calling all conspiracy nuts...)

You can investigate here and tell us what you think in the comments.

The third one I don't know what the hell it is either, and it's perhaps the craziest of them all: Thousand of lines intersecting in a titanic grid that is about 18 miles long. Another targeting grid? A big practical joke? You can inspect it here:

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/1126/mediumw.png (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/5/mediumw.png/)

This one seems like another target, this time arranged radially, with planes and obstacles.

http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/2882/targetp.png (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/850/targetp.png/)

Here is a weird airport-like structure. Except it's bright cyan. Seems full of water or made of a weird material. And look at the other airport-like structure next to it. Perhaps a decoy?

http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/3933/airport.png (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/716/airport.png/)

This is a huge complex, ten by five miles at least. Are these huge precipitation pools of some kind? If you zoom in Google Maps (see the image below this one), you could see two cooling towers like those used in nuclear plants, as well as several water treatment plants.
The Chinese have been building huge structures in the desert for a long time. Back in 2006, they built this 1:20 scale model of disputed border region between China and India. That's a terrain model 0.7 kilometer wide by almost 1 kilometer tall. Uncanny. Why would they build such a model of a terrain? To play a 1:20 scale war with 1:20 scale tanks? Mind boggling.

http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/5015/reactor.png (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/684/reactor.png/)

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/5859/reactor2u.png (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/443/reactor2u.png/)

mikey23545

11-15-2011, 03:42 PM

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

There 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-ordered-tons-of-satellite-photographs-of-chinas-mysterious-structures

FAX

11-15-2011, 03:43 PM

Ok. That's truly strange.

FAX

lcarus

11-15-2011, 03:43 PM

"What the **** are we doin out here in the middle of the desert?!"

mikey23545

11-15-2011, 03:45 PM

Ok. That's truly strange.

FAX

With a capital (Chinese) S...

Donger

11-15-2011, 03:45 PM

I don't see anything.

mikey23545

11-15-2011, 03:47 PM

I don't see anything.

So they've already gotten to you, eh?...

BillSelfsTrophycase

11-15-2011, 03:49 PM

It's their version of HAARP

Duh

Fritz88

11-15-2011, 03:51 PM

China > Cassel.

teedubya

11-15-2011, 03:52 PM

It's called GDP... and building dumb shit for the sake of building shit to make it look like economic growth.

They have HUGE empty cities in China... all for the myth of GDP.

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DaFace

11-15-2011, 03:53 PM

Ah HA! It's the Chinese who hate Joplin!

alpha_omega

11-15-2011, 03:56 PM

Shows what i know...i wasn't even aware there was desert in China.

Buck

11-15-2011, 03:56 PM

They're going to fake a moon landing, clearly.

BourbonMan

11-15-2011, 03:58 PM

Getting ready for 2012.

Sofa King

11-15-2011, 04:00 PM

That's the thing that's going to kill us in 2012.

lcarus

11-15-2011, 04:06 PM

Those sneaky little......

Amnorix

11-15-2011, 04:10 PM

Shows what i know...i wasn't even aware there was desert in China.

Just so you know, China is huge. The US is the third largest country in the world by land area (Russia and Canada are 1 and 2), and China is 4th.

They basically have everything we have, geographically. Massive rivers (Yangtze), mountains, deserts, large coastal areas, etc. etc.

As for deserts, if memory serves, in addition to the massive Gobi desert, which is in Northwestern China and historically separated China from Mongolia, there is/are also some desert(s) in southwestern China.

There are massive sandstorms/duststorms that hit northwestern China, including Beijing, from tiem to time. Not sure if that's a result of proximity to the Gobi or not. I actually don't really know how far it is from Beijing to the desert areas.

ModSocks

11-15-2011, 04:10 PM

Shows what i know...i wasn't even aware there was desert in China.

ROFL

This.

lcarus

11-15-2011, 04:11 PM

Shows what i know...i wasn't even aware there was desert in China.

There hasn't always been. Damn panda bears eatin all the damn trees out there.

FAX

11-15-2011, 04:12 PM

Just so you know, China is huge. The US is the third largest country in the world by land area (Russia and Canada are 1 and 2), and China is 4th.

They basically have everything we have, geographically. Massive rivers (Yangtze), mountains, deserts, large coastal areas, etc. etc.

As for deserts, if memory serves, in addition to the massive Gobi desert, which is in Northwestern China and historically separated China from Mongolia, there is/are also some desert(s) in southwestern China.

There are massive sandstorms/duststorms that hit northwestern China, including Beijing, from tiem to time. Not sure if that's a result of proximity to the Gobi or not. I actually don't really know how far it is from Beijing to the desert areas.

It sure seems strange that you know so much about China, Mr. Amnorix. Almost as though you have Chinese friends. Or ... maybe you're a Chinese spy sent here to undermine our way of life?

FAX

Sofa King

11-15-2011, 04:13 PM

There hasn't always been. Damn panda bears eatin all the damn trees out there.

I thought panda's only ate lettuce?

lcarus

11-15-2011, 04:15 PM

I thought panda's only ate lettuce?

They do. Until they ran out of lettuce (blame Panda Express and their frickin salads). Then they had no choice but to start eating the trees. Same thing happened in Iraq with the camels. Damn shame.

Baby Lee

11-15-2011, 04:18 PM

http://chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=252439&highlight=paris

:shrug:

tooge

11-15-2011, 04:18 PM

not sure what it is, but it has to do with aliens, dec. 12, 2012, and the new world coming.

Rain Man

11-15-2011, 04:20 PM

No big deal. We have all sorts of stuff that looks like this at Denver International Airport.

Amnorix

11-15-2011, 04:35 PM

It sure seems strange that you know so much about China, Mr. Amnorix. Almost as though you have Chinese friends. Or ... maybe you're a Chinese spy sent here to undermine our way of life?

FAX

One of these is true....

DMAC

11-15-2011, 04:39 PM

Discuss Thrower

11-15-2011, 05:09 PM

Forced relocation centers for dissidents...?

loochy

11-15-2011, 06:13 PM

It's called GDP... and building dumb shit for the sake of building shit to make it look like economic growth.

They have HUGE empty cities in China... all for the myth of GDP.

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This is the most sane thing I think I've ever read from you (aside from talk about the Chiefs or hot chicks).

Radar Chief

11-15-2011, 06:49 PM

It sure seems strange that you know so much about China, Mr. Amnorix. Almost as though you have Chinese friends. Or ... maybe you're a Chinese spy sent here to undermine our way of life?
FAX

The Manchurian Patriots fan.

Brock

11-15-2011, 06:59 PM

It's called GDP... and building dumb shit for the sake of building shit to make it look like economic growth.

They have HUGE empty cities in China... all for the myth of GDP.

This is actually true. They have massive freeways with railways running right beside them with airports at either end. Nobody using any of it.

chasedude

11-15-2011, 07:05 PM

"What the **** are we doin out here in the middle of the desert?!"

It's Bat Country!

Chiefshrink

11-15-2011, 07:34 PM

Future American prison camps for those that can't pay their debt. LOLO!!

ModSocks

11-15-2011, 07:35 PM

Excellent.

Everything is coming to fruition.

MWWUHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

ChiefaRoo

11-15-2011, 07:45 PM

Just so you know, China is huge. The US is the third largest country in the world by land area (Russia and Canada are 1 and 2), and China is 4th.

They basically have everything we have, geographically. Massive rivers (Yangtze), mountains, deserts, large coastal areas, etc. etc.

As for deserts, if memory serves, in addition to the massive Gobi desert, which is in Northwestern China and historically separated China from Mongolia, there is/are also some desert(s) in southwestern China.

There are massive sandstorms/duststorms that hit northwestern China, including Beijing, from tiem to time. Not sure if that's a result of proximity to the Gobi or not. I actually don't really know how far it is from Beijing to the desert areas.

Beijing is roughly about 75 miles from the beginning of the desert. They are trying to re-forest the area.

The Iron Chief

11-15-2011, 07:47 PM

This could be the Legion of Dooms new head qaurters.. Somebody hurry call the Hall Of Justice!

teedubya

11-15-2011, 08:08 PM

I've read of instances, where China would finish building something... then immediately destroy it... only to rebuild it again for GDP.

teedubya

11-15-2011, 08:09 PM

This is the most sane thing I think I've ever read from you (aside from talk about the Chiefs or hot chicks).

Heh. Really smart people seem like crazy people to dumb people. :evil:

Backwards Masking

11-15-2011, 08:44 PM

" livin' high on the greasy hog
as long as they don't deport my job,

(Eternal Consumption Engine)
everything's made in China
(Eternal Consumption Engine)
everything nowadays is made in China"

- new Primus

Rain Man

11-15-2011, 08:55 PM

Heh. Really smart people seem like crazy people to dumb people. :evil:

I've built an ark and I'm loading it with two of every armchair.

Rasputin

11-15-2011, 09:22 PM

not sure what it is, but it has to do with aliens, dec. 12, 2012, and the new world coming.

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Luke

11-15-2011, 09:23 PM

The circular design is an underground nuke test site.

Okie_Apparition

11-15-2011, 09:58 PM

My coke tastes alittle salty

BIG_DADDY

11-15-2011, 10:30 PM

Ramen Noodle factory :shrug:

DMAC

11-15-2011, 10:58 PM

Crush

11-15-2011, 11:23 PM

As long as they do not "go pee pee in my coke", I do not give a shit what they do.

Baby Lee

11-15-2011, 11:54 PM

[i]4 second clip

That reminds me of last week's South Park episode.

teedubya

11-18-2011, 02:14 PM

This is bizarre...

This is the picture of Taiwan airport
http://maps.google.com/?ll=24.260894,120.618639&spn=0.078094,0.065231&om=1&t=k&z=14&vpsrc=6

This is the picture of a Chinese desert object.
http://maps.google.com/?ll=40.377871,99.88203&spn=0.065254,0.065231&om=1&t=k&z=14&vpsrc=6

Both look identical.

Perhaps what China is doing is building training areas for future invasions?

Dartgod

11-18-2011, 02:15 PM

This is bizarre...

This is the picture of Taiwan airport
http://maps.google.com/?ll=24.260894,120.618639&spn=0.078094,0.065231&om=1&t=k&z=14&vpsrc=6

This is the picture of a Chinese desert object.
http://maps.google.com/?ll=40.377871,99.88203&spn=0.065254,0.065231&om=1&t=k&z=14&vpsrc=6

Both look identical.

Perhaps what China is doing is building training areas for future invasions?

WTF??

4th and Long

11-18-2011, 02:19 PM

Area 51 has a somewhat similar design.

Iowanian

11-18-2011, 02:26 PM

Donger

11-18-2011, 02:27 PM

Is anyone else having issues opening those Google maps?

chasedude

11-18-2011, 02:28 PM

Is anyone else having issues opening those Google maps?

Nope

chasedude

11-18-2011, 02:28 PM

This is bizarre...

This is the picture of Taiwan airport
http://maps.google.com/?ll=24.260894,120.618639&spn=0.078094,0.065231&om=1&t=k&z=14&vpsrc=6

This is the picture of a Chinese desert object.
http://maps.google.com/?ll=40.377871,99.88203&spn=0.065254,0.065231&om=1&t=k&z=14&vpsrc=6

Both look identical.

Perhaps what China is doing is building training areas for future invasions?

That's some weird stuff

Pants

11-18-2011, 02:41 PM

I analyse aerial photography and satellite imagery quiet a bit and I don't see anything in this image that screams water pools. I'm guessing it's an IR or Near IR image that's been manipulated to highlight a specific spectral band.

Without knowing anything specific about it or spending any time on it(give me the actual image, not a screen shot) I have a theory. My initial impression of this area is that they're attempting agriculture in the desert and the pattern is some form of irrigation system, likely flood.

It's not a screen grab. You can navigate using the arrows or clicking on the image and dragging your mouse and you can zoom in and out using the +/-.

Iowanian

11-18-2011, 03:06 PM

I know a group of professionals who are reviewing these now. I'll let you know what this group determines or thinks the images show.

It always helps to know what type of imagery you're seeing, which program it's been manipulated with and what the intent of that was....I don't believe this to be normal color imagery and water isn't represented with blue in sat images very often. It could be thermal as well.

I see drainage patterns(ditches or dry stream beds) or possibly wind blown features similar to dunes, I see what look like agricultural patterns but that's at a quick glance.

I don't think it's out of the norm for the same design for an airport/building to be used again as a cost saving measure either. I suppose it's possibly they're building scale models for military training too.

Dayze

11-18-2011, 03:18 PM

I think I read something about those pictures being used to calibrate satellites; or some sort of measurement to make sure the satellites were oriented.

something to that effect.