You wouldn't beleve this...

NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
edited June 10, 2009 in The Big Picture
Mongolia... Middle of nowhere...
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=46.365000,102.825278
Zoom in in aerial view..
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  • SamSam Registered Users Posts: 7,419 Major grins
    edited June 3, 2009
    Nikolai,

    I'm sure something is supposed to be there but I can't see a view available that will show me anything but maybe a fuzzy number?

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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited June 3, 2009
    eek7.gif
    Talking about 2007-5-06 ? how is that possible headscratch.gif
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited June 3, 2009
    Awais Yaqub wrote:
    eek7.gif
    Talking about 2007-5-06 ? how is that possible headscratch.gif
    bingo!thumb.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • Cygnus StudiosCygnus Studios Registered Users Posts: 2,294 Major grins
    edited June 3, 2009
    I think that the aliens are inventing new and improved crop circles :D
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited June 3, 2009
    Cygnus Studios wrote:
    I think that the aliens are inventing new and improved crop circles :D
    nope...
    keep coming with the theories, guys, mwink.gif I will tell you the story behind this later.. deal.gif
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  • Tim KamppinenTim Kamppinen Registered Users Posts: 816 Major grins
    edited June 4, 2009
    Date stamp on the satellite image? Or maybe a nomadic group that rearranges their yurts every day to spell out the date?
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  • cmasoncmason Registered Users Posts: 2,506 Major grins
    edited June 4, 2009
    Tribute to World Environment Day?
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  • LlywellynLlywellyn Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 3,186 Major grins
    edited June 4, 2009
    cmason wrote:
    Tribute to World Environment Day?

    15524779-Ti.gif I'll guess it's the Green Wall of China.
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited June 4, 2009
    Tim Kamppinen wrote:
    Date stamp on the satellite image?
    nope..
    Or maybe a nomadic group that rearranges their yurts every day to spell out the date?
    close but no cigar...mwink.gif
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited June 4, 2009
    cmason wrote:
    Tribute to World Environment Day?
    nope rolleyes1.gif
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited June 4, 2009
    Llywellyn wrote:
    15524779-Ti.gif I'll guess it's the Green Wall of China.
    Not a wall (it's kinda flat, actually), but yes it can be seen from outer space...mwink.gif
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  • CWSkopecCWSkopec Registered Users Posts: 1,325 Major grins
    edited June 4, 2009
    I've seen stories that some cities found out when google would be taking their images and put up some sort of display that could be seen in the arial view (not that I can find any of those links at the moment rolleyes1.gif ). My first reaction was that this might be something like that, but it's in such a remote area... though there appears to be an unlabeled "installation" on the other side of the lake...

    Come on, Nik!! What's the story!! mwink.gif
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  • RogersDARogersDA Registered Users Posts: 3,502 Major grins
    edited June 4, 2009
    Back-up date syncing mechanism for NASA satellites?
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  • roygradyroygrady Registered Users Posts: 8 Beginner grinner
    edited June 4, 2009
    Freaky!
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited June 4, 2009
    CWSkopec wrote:
    I've seen stories that some cities found out when google would be taking their images and put up some sort of display that could be seen in the arial view (not that I can find any of those links at the moment rolleyes1.gif ). My first reaction was that this might be something like that, but it's in such a remote area... though there appears to be an unlabeled "installation" on the other side of the lake...
    You're on a warm path... keep going! thumb.gif
    Come on, Nik!! What's the story!! mwink.gif
    Patience is a virtue... not that I have much myself... rolleyes1.gif
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited June 4, 2009
    RogersDA wrote:
    Back-up date syncing mechanism for NASA satellites?
    It would be (Soviet) Russia Space Agency...deal.gif
    Good idea, thumb.gif but no rolleyes1.gif
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  • wildviperwildviper Registered Users Posts: 560 Major grins
    edited June 4, 2009
    I got it....Someone from the Nomadic culture figured out that the real estate and stock market bubbles were going to start bursting.

    S&P 500 was around 1530 at that time. From that time, it has been downhill.

    Hmmm...can we hire them to run an investment firm??? wings.gif
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited June 4, 2009
    wildviper wrote:
    I got it....Someone from the Nomadic culture figured out that the real estate and stock market bubbles were going to start bursting.

    S&P 500 was around 1530 at that time. From that time, it has been downhill.

    Hmmm...can we hire them to run an investment firm??? wings.gif
    Laughing.gif
    rolleyes1.gif
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  • ShepsMomShepsMom Registered Users Posts: 4,319 Major grins
    edited June 7, 2009
    For a second, I thought they moved "Noah's Ark" to Mongolia rolleyes1.gif
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  • David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,245 moderator
    edited June 7, 2009
    The "2007 05 06" is 104 feet long, so not that big.

    Does it have anything to do with the Mongol Rally when it went through Arvaheer a couple years ago?
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  • Photog4ChristPhotog4Christ Registered Users Posts: 716 Major grins
    edited June 9, 2009
    Awais Yaqub wrote:
    eek7.gif
    Talking about 2007-5-06 ? how is that possible headscratch.gif


    Well, if you wrote that in the American date format, it would be in numerical order... 5/6/7
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited June 10, 2009
    OK, I think everyone waited long enough...

    I read about this thing on a popular russian site in a True Stories section.

    During the Soviet Union times this place was home to one of the military bases (you can still see the housings just a bit South of the point) deep in Mongolian steppes. The location in question is a side of a butte (little hill) dominating the otherwise flat area. Soviet military was (in)famous for using its human resources outside its supposed goals. This base was not an exception. Each morning a team on duty marched to the butte and ajusted the huge calendar date made out of timber... The date then was readily availbale for all the personnel. The story claims it was very helpful for all the officers and NCOs, who were often so drunk that thy couldn't remember what day it was.
    Funny thing - the base was abandoned in mid-80s. One can only wonder who kept adjusting the timber at least till mid-2007...mwink.gif
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  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited June 10, 2009
    That is a flippin' riot! rolleyes1.gif

    Great story and fascinating piece of trivia, Nik. thumb.gifthumb

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