I got an email from Mike Scofield asking about this
odd thing that can be seen via Google's satellite map out in the middle of the desert around Nevada. Mike writes:
Assuming I did the link right, you should see a giant triangle with concentric circles in it. I did some poking around and it looks like this symbol is ~near~ Area 51. This leads me to think it's one of two different hoaxes. One is that it's a very good photoshop someone slipped into the satalite map that Google is referencing or, two, that it is a symbol out there in the desert someone did that isn't related to Area 51.
Honestly, I don't know what this is. I'm guessing it's some kind of military base. If you zoom in you can see that it hasn't been photoshopped in (at least, it doesn't appear to me as if it's been photoshopped). The triangle and concentric circles appear to be roads.
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wheres my medication?
I suspect that if you did the math, you'd find that they are perfect circles after you remove the effects of their being displayed on a cylindrical projection with a base latitude of 39.5 degrees.
what do you make of this its like a cricle with lines coming out at the sides, isnt it weird what the government has put all over the south west
There couldn't actually be straight lines across contoured terrain that look straight from more than one vantage point.
Here's a sample with some lines I added.
What makes you say it doesn't appear to be photoshopped?
Joe
http://terraserver.homeadvisor.msn.com/image.aspx?T=2&S=12&Z=11&X=732&Y=5211&W=3
http://tinyurl.com/dleow
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=33.745537,-112.633896&spn=0.031328,0.042272&t=k&hl=en
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=33.745537,-112.633896
During the Cuban Missle Crisis, U-2 recon photos showed locations just like those being prepared during the build-up.
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.410250,-116.226833
Its way north (about 3 minutes of clicking to get there) from the triangle
I ment that... whats that?? circle things...O.o
(stupid copy didn't get what I wanted before)
it is strange to see that unmarked airstrip... there are several in the area. The one that has been linked here, however, has an airplane sitting on the runway.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/nellis-range.htm
http://www.ufomind.com/area51/org/nellis/
Much of the bombing range is accessible to the public and/or the media, though you usually need a guide (for your safety).
The big triangle is an old gravel air strip, with runways in three directions to facilitate unpowered landings in just about any wind.
The green circles are irrigated agriculture and are OUTSIDE of the bombing range. In Google, the area reserved for the test site is marked in gray, just like all government land or national parks.
These are not pranks or secret government installations. They're things you should expect to see on a bombing range/nuclear test site.
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.666926,-116.027856&spn=0.015600,0.021286&t=k&hl=en
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Google it if you're interested.
http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=groom+lake&ll=37.401409,-116.867967&sll=34.710938,-112.109525&spn=0.004849,0.007467&sspn=3.851563,7.259440&t=k&hl=en
and this
http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=groom+lake&ll=37.401409,-116.867967&sll=34.710938,-112.109525&spn=0.004849,0.007467&sspn=3.851563,7.259440&t=k&hl=en
There's photos from the "neighbourhood".