JayB Posted July 21, 2006 Posted July 21, 2006 Spotted by a Google Earth user, somewhere in China. Quote
catbirdseat Posted July 21, 2006 Posted July 21, 2006 Looks like a tailings pond or heap leach operation to me. Quote
JayB Posted July 21, 2006 Author Posted July 21, 2006 Definitely seems like a possibility. That'd be quite the impressive unintentional fractal geography display. Quote
slothrop Posted July 21, 2006 Posted July 21, 2006 Maybe it's a scale model of the mountains forming the border between India and China, used for planning the INVASION! Quote
JayB Posted July 21, 2006 Author Posted July 21, 2006 It'd be interesting to Google Earth the Badlands or a landscape like that and see if you could find any areas that look like mini-mountain ranges. Quote
iain Posted July 21, 2006 Posted July 21, 2006 Maybe it's a scale model of the mountains forming the border between India and China, used for planning the INVASION! no WAY it IS a chunk of the karakoram btw Quote
cj001f Posted July 21, 2006 Posted July 21, 2006 it IS a chunk of the karakoram btw that India and China have fought a war over before. And here's a $41 billion island Quote
JayB Posted July 21, 2006 Author Posted July 21, 2006 I gave away the secret too early. Should have done some cropping first.... Quote
catbirdseat Posted July 21, 2006 Posted July 21, 2006 Now it looks like Mars. I still think its a gold mining operation and it's probably cyanide heap leaching. Quote
slothrop Posted July 21, 2006 Posted July 21, 2006 From Wikipedia: Since 1944, when the U.S. captured the atoll from the Japanese in the Battle of Kwajalein, it has been used for military purposes, while escaping the tragic fate of nearby Bikini Atoll. Eleven of the 97 islands are leased by the United States and are part of the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site (RTS), formerly known as Kwajalein Missile Range. RTS includes radar installations, optics, telemetry, and communications equipment which are used for ballistic missile and missile interceptor testing and space operations support. Kwajalein hosts one of three ground antennas (others are on Diego Garcia and Ascension Island) that assist in the operation of the Global Positioning System (GPS) navigational system. More recently, the extensive infrastructure has attracted SpaceX, which built a commercial launch site on Omelek Island for its Falcon 1 and Falcon 5 rockets. The U.S. Army makes some of its technology available for commercial endeavors in exchange for range fees. I wonder if the island can be hit by a *snicker* Taepodong??!?!? Quote
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