Seems to be the Aksai Chin region west of Tibet... the long lake being Lake Palgon apparently.
Cool and weird at the same time. In one of the discussion threads a poster did an overlay of the model terrain and a satellite shot of the area it represents and it looks to be an extremely accurate reproduction. -john -----Original Message----- From: John Steck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 11:12 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [Vo]: [OT?] Chinese Black Helicopters It would be an interesting training ground for similarly scaled down remote piloted aircraft. From the monitor it would appear very real to the driver. >From space, the training exercises would be virtually invisible without using one of our best birds in geosync. Good way to develop a secret capability. Hiding in plain sight, eh? The real question is does it match any known landscape... -john -----Original Message----- From: Terry Blanton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 7:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Vo]: [OT?] Chinese Black Helicopters One of the most bizarre . . . well, you figure it out: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/19/huangyangtan_mystery/ "Chinese black helicopters circle Google Earth Mystery military project wows the crowd By Lester Haines Published Wednesday 19th July 2006 08:35 Those among you who like your skies darkened by black helicopters are invited to mosey on down to the remote Chinese village of Huangyangtan which hosts what must be the strangest military installation ever spotted by the Google Earth Community" <much more>
