The hells are these?

MrVicchio · 2013-03-07, 07:08 PM

We have no idea what these are location on Google
38.594862 74.301937

xmodum · 2013-03-07, 11:12 PM

Earth zit scars, or blackheads.

MrVicchio · 2013-03-08, 08:49 AM

Originally Posted by xmodum

Earth zit scars, or blackheads.

I can't tell if those are blast areas for new rail way, some weird bore holes for mining...

ChipMHazard · 2013-03-08, 11:04 AM

Probably just a diety playing stone skipping

p0intman · 2013-03-08, 06:18 PM

well, i can tell you the following from what ive gone and looked at: the entire line is only .4 km or so in length. its at a heading of 34.64 degrees and each hole is about 40-45 feet in diameter. the distance from the eastern-most most hole to the tajikistan border is .75km. its at an entry to a valley and its in what was probably a long time ago, a riverbed (that isn't water, its snow). Holes have been there since at least 2004, hasn't been updated since 2007.

they look more like craters than anything to me. it is in a relatively uninhabited area, nearest cities are in tajikistan, 9 and 12 km away. nearest village in china is 45km away.

given all of that, it could be from the use of explosives, either by the military (training bombing run by chineese pilots?) or by people shooting crap across the border (mortars, etc?).

i would rule out a blasting for a railroad, given there aren't a series of them there to continue with. i would also rule out blasting for mining as there isn't any mining gear nearby unless they're very old and also depleted, but it also doesn't look like the area is worn out from being dug up or drained of oil, there aren't any pipes around.

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edit: check out the distance between each hole, its fairly consistent until you get to the most eastern one.

duomaxwl · 2013-03-08, 10:17 PM

No, but seriously, it looks too consistent distance-wise to be not man made.
I look forward for someone with a definite answer to come around.

MrVicchio · 2013-03-09, 03:31 PM

Originally Posted by p0intman

well, i can tell you the following from what ive gone and looked at: the entire line is only .4 km or so in length. its at a heading of 34.64 degrees and each hole is about 40-45 feet in diameter. the distance from the western most hole to the tajikistan border is .75km. its at an entry to a valley and its in what was probably a long time ago, a riverbed (that isn't water, its snow). Holes have been there since at least 2004, hasn't been updated since 2007.

they look more like craters than anything to me. it is in a relatively uninhabited area, nearest cities are in tajikistan, 9 and 12 km away. nearest village in china is 45km away.

given all of that, it could be from the use of explosives, either by the military (training bombing run by chineese pilots?) or by people shooting crap across the border (mortars, etc?).

i would rule out a blasting for a railroad, given there aren't a series of them there to continue with. i would also rule out blasting for mining as there isn't any mining gear nearby unless they're very old and also depleted, but it also doesn't look like the area is worn out from being dug up or drained of oil, there aren't any pipes around.

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edit: check out the distance between each hole, its fairly consistent until you get to the most western one.

It's very very odd, and the part that throws me for a loop, (good work btw) is that I can find NOTHING on them on the internet. The circular patter is far too regular after looking at them again to be blasting, they look like structures? Maybe satellite calibration sites? I really have no clue.

p0intman · 2013-03-09, 07:29 PM

Originally Posted by MrVicchio

It's very very odd, and the part that throws me for a loop, (good work btw) is that I can find NOTHING on them on the internet. The circular patter is far too regular after looking at them again to be blasting, they look like structures? Maybe satellite calibration sites? I really have no clue.

I at first thought about them being border sensors. But then the pattern they are in doesn't make sense. they're pointed at/away from the border, not along it. if anything, they seem like they're purposefully at an entrance to the valley. The other possibility is exhaust vents for something underground, but i looked around some and couldn't see any of the tell tale signs of a concealed bunker in any of the mountains that would indicate that.

I have been said to have depth perception issues at times, i can't really tell if those are depressions or mounds. From all that i can see they're depressions, but the mind can fuck with you at times. Structures would imply they are mounds.

Snipefrag · 2013-03-10, 04:50 AM

mm, I dont know... maybe some form of subsidence along a fault line?

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p0intman · 2013-03-10, 02:16 PM

my guess is as good as any of ya'lls. Random burial mounds/mass graves in the desert?

Burning pits for something?

Baneblade · 2013-03-10, 10:19 PM

Test firing of a space laser.

HiroshiChugi · 2013-03-11, 02:08 PM

Originally Posted by Baneblade

Test firing of a space laser.

I agree.

MrVicchio · 2013-03-11, 03:32 PM

Well, if anyone has an ATS account, post em there and let us know. Those guys get crazy about "mysterious holes"

p0intman · 2013-03-11, 03:50 PM

i actually used to read ats back when it had an archive of actual ~stuff~ and wasn't just a forum. i forgot all about that place til now.

edit: dont even have the email my ancient account was attatched to, creating a new one.

edit: Now where did my black vault login go?

p0intman · 2013-03-11, 04:16 PM

nevermind, i have a better idea. those guys on ats are fucking crazy, i think.

edit: http://www.reddit.com/r/googleearth/...sert_in_china/

http://www.theblackvault.com/phpBB3/...his-t8655.html

edit: http://www.gearthhacks.com/forums/sh...0733#post60733