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ZebraBlade posted:Some of the craters are the size of city blocks, but I don't think these are nuclear test sites seeing how close to each other they are. Yep, underground nuclear test. If you pan to the north there's a larger, labeled crater, which links to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedan_%28nuclear_test%29
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This thread is awesome so I'll help keep it alive: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=40.620126,-96.573697&spn=0.003844,0.008669&t=h&z=17 Random nursery/grove on the edge of a state recreation area in Lincoln, NE. Looks like somebody planted some "1XXX" - if that's a 1 and a 9, maybe a year?
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torjus posted:Actually, everything above this is a lie, except the year. I found the place on Bing, did some searching, and found what I think is the answer. Holy poo poo. I did some geocaching back in the day but never made it down there. Good work sir.
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Dec 10, 2010 15:47
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Anyone know what this (and similar areas) south of Miami are meant to do? http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=25.391179,-80.303535&spn=0.140812,0.305901&t=h&z=12
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Dec 15, 2010 15:44
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Oh, duh. Not sure how I missed the power plant 
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Dec 15, 2010 16:11
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Skyworks posted:OK, I'll give you a project. Found something random at: I'd go check myself if I weren't on the other side of the state (note: this is a good thing) The object to the SE is almost certainly a house. If I had to venture a guess, it has something to do with ranching
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Dec 15, 2010 16:47
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Skyworks posted:No. Seriously, if you are that close, you need to take a look. Just stay the gently caress back from the fences. I figure the people there have a distinct lack of sarcasm. Maybe I'm being thick this morning but I seriously have no idea. And "that close" means a 6.5 hour drive.
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Dec 15, 2010 16:58
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Skyworks posted:Or, you know, it could be a minutman site... Looks like a heavy duty concrete door that flicks back on rails to me. The 'ranch' to the SE seems like a command site as well. Might be completely wrong. Dude, pretty certain that's a house with an attached garage. The gray thing is one of those half-cylinder-shaped storage structures that are commonplace in Nebraska and other agricultural areas. I doubt it's related to the missile site in any way (and as Arturo Ui's link states, there's a lot of those out there).
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Dec 15, 2010 17:15
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mds2 posted:Good find, but there are a lot of those around the state too. The "ranch" is definitely just a family farm though. There is a missile silo not far from my parents house in the middle of a junk yard. They opened it up about 20 years ago and now they throw old tires in it. See, now you have to post that in this thread.
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Dec 15, 2010 17:22
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mds2 posted:http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=40.816298,-96.206304&spn=0.002521,0.00493&t=h&z=18 There's something similar north of town — http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=41.034111,-96.737795&spn=0.007348,0.019119&t=h&z=16 Not exactly sure if those cars are just junked or what; I do a lot of gravel bicycling and we've ridden down this rode a few times, but there's still a gate there. E: You get a pretty good view of it on Bing if you view it from the west (it'll get a lot greener if you zoom in enough) - http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=qv57gf6y4ghr&lvl=17.16872398761935&dir=93.78575527602383&sty=b Real Name Grover fucked around with this message at 17:42 on Dec 15, 2010 |
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Dec 15, 2010 17:39
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Why the hell is Lake Anahuac (east of Houston) gray on higher levels of Google Maps: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=29.790303,-94.650993&spn=0.13527,0.305901&t=h&z=12
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Dec 16, 2010 18:11
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SourceElement posted:It looks like giant "crop circles" when zoomed in. Big agricultural circles. Jesus, how do they even get water there?
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Dec 20, 2010 22:39
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Inspector_71 posted:I love this. I am totally fascinated by these ridiculously remote outposts of civilization, even though much like you I know I'll never get to (or honestly really want to given my predilection for modern technology) visit them. But they have such a hopping nightlife!
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Here's one for y'all — not so much a "what" as a "why" New York/Quebec border There are a handful of spots like this where a road across the border was cut off (Google seems to have dispatched their Street View forces to them on the Canadian side). Anyone know when they were cut off? Pre- or post-9/11? E: Here's one a few miles to the east of the other (Street View on both sides of the border) Real Name Grover fucked around with this message at 19:53 on Oct 8, 2013 |
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Oct 8, 2013 19:46
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Oh, of course. More than anything it has to be a pain in the rear end for the folks who live along the border who may have preferred going to, say, a grocery store in the other country.
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Not really a "strange" thing on Google Maps, but if you like history... To get to Omaha's airport from downtown, you have to go through Iowa — even though the airport is in Nebraska. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_Lake,_Iowa 
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