Mysterious Symbols In China Desert Are Spy Satellite Targets, Expert S

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Newfound Google Maps images have revealed an array of mysterious structures and patterns etched into the surface ofChina's Gobi Desert. The media — from mainstream to fringe — has wildly speculated that they might be Chinese weapons-testing sites, satellite calibration targets, street maps of Washington, D.C., and New York City, or even messages to (or from) aliens.

It turns out that they are almost definitely used to calibrate China'sspy satellites.

So says Jonathon Hill, a research technician and mission planner at the Mars Space Flight Facility at Arizona State University, which operates many of the cameras used during NASA's Mars missions. Hill works with images of the Martian surface taken by rovers and satellites, as well as data from Earth-orbiting NASA instruments.

The grids of zigzagging white lines seen in two of the images — the strangest of the various desert structures — are spy satellite calibration targets. Satellite cameras focus on the grids, which measure approximately 0.65 miles wide by 1.15 miles long, and use them to orient themselves in space. [[url="http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=AqjHkuXG59cAu_zq3vvgOiQbANEA;_ylu=X3oDMTFqMDgxZXM0BG1pdANBcnRpY2xlIEJvZHkEcG9zAzEEc2VjA01lZGlhQXJ0aWNsZUJvZHlBc3NlbWJseQ--;_ylg=X3oDMTJxZW5qMGM0BGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDYzIyNmI5Y2ItNWZmNy0zNDcwLTg4ZjMtZjg1NzU1M2FhOTRkBHBzdGNhdANzY2llbmNlBHB0A3N0b3J5cGFnZQ--;_ylv=0/SIG=12g20gffo/EXP=1322701587/**http%3A//www.lifeslittlemysteries.com/curious-china-pics-2185/"]Gallery: Mysterious Structures In China's Gobi Desert[/url]]

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Interesting news to know.. but they look like really chinese planned some special site in that place...