Why Is China Building These Gigantic Structures In the Middle of the Desert?
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http://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.452107,93.742118&hl=de&...
Following the road from those shacks leads to this man-made something:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.452107,93.742118&hl=de&...
And finally this complex:
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http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.47333,93.511505&spn=0....
They seem to be falling apart now, but I don't see what in the area would need such huge runways. There was a plane or two in that circular pattern, but nothing like the type of plane graveyard we have here in the US. I actually think you're probably right. Given the terrain it would make sense that there is something going on in the mountains here.
I'm noticing that bright blue paint in a bunch of places. The roof of that facility I linked to was bright blue like your door and also the buildings falling apart to the NE of the runway are the same bright blue.
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.33785151255085,93.754781484... - might be a down ramp?
What's the deal with the really bright light blue colouring? Like on (some of) the runways? It looks like an overlay to try and disguise something maybe?
On a similar note, I'm tempted to post an Ask HN: about what people think this is;