Comments on: pan. zoom out. repeat.

Question: pan. zoom out. repeat.

sponge — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:04:30 -0800

gmaps filter: what am i looking at?

seems to be related to mining, there are oil derricks in the area.

i cant imagine how much fun it was to make alllllll those lines...

By: Danf

Danf — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:10:28 -0800

I can't see any vegetation but I was thinking of rice paddies, laid out by some sort of computerized gps program. But that is just a wild guess.

By: Thorzdad

Thorzdad — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:21:13 -0800

Given the obvious water flow in the area, I wonder if it isn't some sort of massive erosion-control system. The patterns do seem to generally run perpendicular to the apparent flow, cutting across the mountain sides.

By: Kikkoman

Kikkoman — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:23:09 -0800

Looks like mining to me, too. But it could be some kind of mega-project intended to place gigatons of dirt into low Earth orbit at a moment's notice.

By: oneirodynia

oneirodynia — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:15:26 -0800

According to this person, it's sounds like geologic research.

By: klanawa

klanawa — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:38:57 -0800

my first thought was seismic lines for oil and gas research but these are obviously different. some geological surveys involve massive trucks (can't find a photo, though i've seen 'em) that shoot soundwaves through the earth from pads that get lowered against the ground.