Iraq Quadrant

Dazzing · 07-15-2005, 03:13 AM

Hey!

Does anybody know what THIS might be? Found it while surfing in Iraq.

IraqQuadrant.kmz

2ToyGuy · 07-15-2005, 06:25 AM

Looks to me like pits with false bottoms painted to look like desert or water. See the one with the sections missing from it's lower left area? Looks, up close, like it might be sections of the false bottom that either were damaged or not completed. Also, see what look like small buildings in the dividing lines? Look like AC units to me.
Disclaimer: I am not, nor have I ever have been, an official military photo interperter. All opinions expressed are soley mine alone. Having said all that, you don't spend 10 years in the Marines without picking up a few little tricks here and there...

Terryjft · 07-15-2005, 03:28 PM

It is possibly sewage treatment lagoons.

RexStJames · 07-15-2005, 07:09 PM

Very interesting! It looks like liquid to me. I'm thinking along the lines of sewage treatment lagoons, too. Directly to the south east looks like a residential area, though. I also notice what looks like a major roadway passing by.

archre · 08-02-2005, 03:08 PM

could be oilfields...

Paeterman · 08-02-2005, 05:04 PM

the damaged green one has some crazy lines. looks artifical

crossmax03 · 08-02-2005, 09:45 PM

but yet EVERY SINGLE one of those small units in the "neighborhoods" is exactly identically the same?

Manticore · 08-04-2005, 10:57 PM

could be possible.
in my oppinion it is an military faculty and the squares are real. (watch the roads around them)
but i have no f...in idea what it could be.
nice found

nummer2 · 08-05-2005, 07:33 PM

i dont know the english word but it is propably the place where all the **** goes to... in germany we say "klaerwerk" it may be that in iraq the **** comes only into such quarters

Flying High · 01-27-2006, 10:51 AM

Looks like a water resoviour to me... and the one on the left is half concreted... look closely at the bottom one... you will see a stream or river running into it, and appearing to go underneath it... then the stream re emerges on the top right side... ? any views on that ?

Captain Hornblower · 01-27-2006, 01:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nummer2

... in germany we say "klaerwerk" ...

In English sewage works...

07-15-2005, 03:13 AM	#1
Dazzing Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 1	Iraq Quadrant Hey! Does anybody know what THIS might be? Found it while surfing in Iraq. IraqQuadrant.kmz

07-15-2005, 06:25 AM	#2
2ToyGuy Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Yuma, Az Posts: 1	Looks to me like pits with false bottoms painted to look like desert or water. See the one with the sections missing from it's lower left area? Looks, up close, like it might be sections of the false bottom that either were damaged or not completed. Also, see what look like small buildings in the dividing lines? Look like AC units to me. Disclaimer: I am not, nor have I ever have been, an official military photo interperter. All opinions expressed are soley mine alone. Having said all that, you don't spend 10 years in the Marines without picking up a few little tricks here and there... __________________ "Well, that didn't work!" - Baron Manfred von Richtofen, sometime during the latter part of his last combat mission. 10 years US Marine Corps, daughter is currently active duty USMC!

07-15-2005, 03:28 PM	#3
Terryjft Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 1	RE: Iraq Quadrant It is possibly sewage treatment lagoons.

08-02-2005, 03:08 PM	#5
archre Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: germany Posts: 7	oilfields? could be oilfields...

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07-15-2005, 07:09 PM	#4
RexStJames Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 3	Very interesting! It looks like liquid to me. I'm thinking along the lines of sewage treatment lagoons, too. Directly to the south east looks like a residential area, though. I also notice what looks like a major roadway passing by.

08-02-2005, 05:04 PM	#6
Paeterman Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 24	the damaged green one has some crazy lines. looks artifical

08-02-2005, 09:45 PM	#7
crossmax03 Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 7	but yet EVERY SINGLE one of those small units in the "neighborhoods" is exactly identically the same?

08-04-2005, 10:57 PM	#8
Manticore Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 17	could be possible. in my oppinion it is an military faculty and the squares are real. (watch the roads around them) but i have no f...in idea what it could be. nice found

08-05-2005, 07:33 PM	#9
nummer2 Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: northern germany Posts: 11	i dont know the english word but it is propably the place where all the ** goes to... in germany we say "klaerwerk" it may be that in iraq the ** comes only into such quarters

01-27-2006, 10:51 AM	#10
Flying High Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: England Posts: 96	Looks like a water resoviour to me... and the one on the left is half concreted... look closely at the bottom one... you will see a stream or river running into it, and appearing to go underneath it... then the stream re emerges on the top right side... ? any views on that ?