Square in the Desert discussion

[Gandolf]

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Square in the Desert

A random single-colored box in the desert of New Mexico. Looks sort of as if its censoring something.

[Gandolf]

Here is a view in Virtual Earth. Not clear but not blocked. Looks like Google put a piece of cloth over the area in the photo.

[Forkboy2]

There's a couple threads under GEC layer. Looks like missle test range of some sort. I don't think it's censored. I think they just bulldozed the entire area. Maybe looking for old unexploded bombs or to remove contamination. Hard to say, but you can see bulldozer tracks.

Matt

[Pen]

Originally Posted by Forkboy2

There's a couple threads under GEC layer. Looks like missle test range of some sort. I don't think it's censored. I think they just bulldozed the entire area. Maybe looking for old unexploded bombs or to remove contamination. Hard to say, but you can see bulldozer tracks.

Matt

Yes, the GEC layer describes it as "White Sands Missile Range: Warhead Impact Test area." And, yes, it looks like it has been "cleaned up" in preparation for future tests.

The center is a little overexposed, but if you zoom in on the edges, you can easily see the areas where the tractor(s) turned.

[IntelLecht]

If you look @ 8 miles NE you will find the "Trinity Site", which is smaller but, otherwise, identical. Also, there are 2 similar sites immediatly NNW & NNE of this one. Perhaps additional test sites prepared in case they were needed to follow-up Trinity. No need after succsseful Trinity test or because of rush to deploy?