Strange picture, but where is it and what is it?

[geetrue]

I forgot where I just saw this, but what do you think it is?

I'll give you a clue it is 3,000 feet wide, several miles long, it is in the desert and it is man made ...

http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/dangerroom/2011/11/Snapshot-2011-11-14-13-37-02-660x504.jpg

[Sailor Steve]

I forgot where I just saw this,
You saw it in a thread posted here not long ago.

[TLAM Strike]

Its in the Gobi desert in the PRC.

Some thing for calibrating their photo recon birds IIRC.

[Skybird]

One theory is that the Chinese have rebuilt the streetgrid of target cities in the desert to run military excercises on them. Or targetting practice for drones, missiles - anything like that.

I saw a photo not long ago about these Chinese desert diagrams, where they had rebuild the streetgrid of Manhattan that way. :o

[Kongo Otto]

Its in the Gobi desert in the PRC.

Some thing for calibrating their photo recon birds IIRC.

More possible its for calibrating spy satellites than recon birds.

[Jimbuna]

You'll find that picture and a few more here:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2062456/Gobi-Desert-Google-Map-mystery-explained-Objects-likely-spy-satellite-targets.html

[Platapus]

Its in the Gobi desert in the PRC.

Some thing for calibrating their photo recon birds IIRC.


Artillery/rocket test range. Used to test their guided artillery and rocket sensors. Specifically road and intersection discrimination.

[August]

"My best guess would be time travel" :yep:

http://www.walkupright.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/chaplintimetravel1.jpg

[Jimbuna]

I'll hang my hat on #6