Do we need a forum for "What's this on Google Earth"?

[JohnD]

I'm fascinated by Google Earth, now that I'm on broadband, but frustrated by the lack of any way to find out about things that you see, unless someone posts a link. I'm sure than many here could help.

Just to start things off, what's this, at longitude 142 00 57.59, latitude -11 49 42.97? On the east coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria in Australia is an eight mile long straight line with associated buildings and a landing strip a mile long (ie BIG planes or very fast ones). Resolution not high, so little detail available. Is this a linear accelerator?

John

[Lianachan]

Google Earth has it's own forums, doesn't it?

Is there any control over the markers that people place on it? Seeing things like "Lock Ness" is infuriating.

[beskeptical]

Yes Google Earth has it's own forum. And now that you mention it, on that forum is a discussion about this incredible "face on Earth" that we discussed on the Skeptic Friends Network forum thread.

Go to the SFN forum thread and scroll down to the img image. The first post has the link to the GE forum with a link to the original image.

Perhaps someone has already discussed the image on the astronomy forum here. It rivals the face on Mars and then some.

[Lianachan]

Yes Google Earth has it's own forum. And now that you mention it, on that forum is a discussion about this incredible "face on Earth" that we discussed on the Skeptic Friends Network forum thread.

Go to the SFN forum thread and scroll down to the img image. The first post has the link to the GE forum with a link to the original image.

Perhaps someone has already discussed the image on the astronomy forum here. It rivals the face on Mars and then some.

Absolute, definate proof that there's life on Earth.

Amazing rock formation, that.

[JohnD]

Yes, Google Earth does have it's own Fora, but they are chaotic - see the comment about Lock Ness. Maybe it's me.

Oh, well
John

[Wolverine]

We just don't have enough call to justify such an addition here.

[JohnD]

See 'Face on canada' thread
John

[Lord Jubjub]

I'm fascinated by Google Earth, now that I'm on broadband, but frustrated by the lack of any way to find out about things that you see, unless someone posts a link. I'm sure than many here could help.

Just to start things off, what's this, at longitude 142 00 57.59, latitude -11 49 42.97? On the east coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria in Australia is an eight mile long straight line with associated buildings and a landing strip a mile long (ie BIG planes or very fast ones). Resolution not high, so little detail available. Is this a linear accelerator?

John

You mean the reverse L-Shaped white lines with buildings that appear to have rectangular pools of water on the south side?

Doesn't appear to be a runway. Consider that the structures that appear at points along the long line look more like maintenence stations, I'd say that the white line is a water pipeline from the body of water to the north. At its northern end appears to be more structures right on the shore.

I would say that they are doing something in that white strip that has the cleared land on either side that makes up the left-right part of the reverse-'L'.

Any Aussies have a clue what is happening here?

[JohnD]

The 'body of water to the north' is an inlet of the sea, the Gulf of Carpentaria, and the buildings and ?water tanks? at the south end are adjacent to a water course that has some structures across it, ?dams?

So a pipeline seems unlikley. The top end has a 'loop' to it, that brings it righ to the water side at the north end, with what might be a landin stage or quayside. So is this a tramway or conveyor belt, to bring somwe mineral to the deep water in the inlet to the north? Would need to be a rather big conveyor though!
John

[HalfMooner]

See 'Face on canada' thread
John

Such a thread here? How may I find it?

[beskeptical]

Such a thread here? How may I find it?

Actually it's here.

I started a new thread because this one was about Google Earth, not the face.

[Argos]

Re the OP, the structure looks like one of the bauxite processing plants of the Weipa region (washing tanks, conveyor belts).

[beskeptical]

Re the OP, the structure looks like one of the bauxite processing plants of the Weipa region (washing tanks, conveyor belts).

I was going to say the linear structure looks like a water pipe or canal. And sorry for getting the thread OT.

[mickal555]

It's probobly got somthing to do with mining/proccessing material... there's alot of that going on up there...

[Argos]

Bauxite mining is characteristic to the cape York peninsula. There are several others few miles south of that one.