There are some odd patterns out in the Gobi Desert, near China’s border with Mongolia, between Xinjiang and the Gansu province. That’s not too far from Dunhuang, the “City Of Sands.”
You can check them out on Google Maps. One’s at 40.452107,93.742118, and another (possibly weirder one) is just west at 40.45374,93.371429.
So what’s going on over there? Sand versions of crop circles? The world’s most complicated race course? Some think it’s a pattern used to calibrate satellites, like a giant QR code. I guess that would make the most sense. But there’s really no telling. Google’s satellite images have once again proven to be an unending supply of mystery and intrigue.
