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What about this little bugger? http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q...5,0.676346&z=11 wikipedia posted:The Richat Structure is a prominent circular feature in the Sahara desert of Mauritania near Ouadane. It has attracted attention since the earliest space missions because it forms a conspicuous bull's-eye in the otherwise rather featureless expanse of the desert. The structure, which has a diameter of approx 50 kilometres (31 mi) and is located 400–450 metres (1,310–1,480 ft) above sea level, has become a landmark for space shuttle crews.
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# ¿ Dec 4, 2010 20:27 |
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Plastic_Gargoyle posted:Among the hilarious placenames I've come across browsing Google and Bing maps: I don't get it
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# ¿ Jun 29, 2011 05:21 |
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rcman50166 posted:Has anyone ever noticed how friggin long runway 33 is at Edwards Air Force Base. Jesus. My guess is that it would be for refueling. Plane descends, slows down, stops, gets refueled, speeds up, and flies away.
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# ¿ Jun 29, 2011 19:41 |
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Frozen Horse posted:The more slanted perspective on these, especially at one zoom level up is very informative. It appears that they are just water storage reservoirs that are open to the sky. Yeah, my guess would be a water purification place, to make sewage safe to put back into the enviroment
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# ¿ Oct 7, 2011 01:00 |
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larry mullet posted:Google Sky: First one appears to be a quasar. I really don't know anything about them other than they're pretty much stars that shoot jets of plasma out of either side
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