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Kim Il Sung Birthday -- Palace (?)
AlbinoFlea (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: AlbinoFlea.
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Several odd structures around and in this pond.
If you zoom in using Google Earth it appears that the numbers next to the building on the northwest edge of the pond read 4.15 2.16.

North Korean Nuclear Reactor Under Construction in Soho-Ri
Pdunn (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Pdunn.
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(GE image)
I Googled it, but came up empty. Sure looks like a reactor vessel to me, however. Looks like they intend to do their reprocessing underground by the facililty to the north east and the exstensive ttrenching to the plant's immediate east

Abandoned dragline excavator used for strip mining
kjfitz (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kjfitz.
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Dragline excavation systems are heavy equipment used in civil engineering and surface mining. In civil engineering the smaller types are used for road and port construction. The larger types are used in strip-mining operations to move overburden above coal, and for tar-sand mining. Draglines are amongst the largest mobile equipment (not water-borne), and weigh in the vicinity of 2000 metric tonnes, though specimens weighing up to 13,000 metric tonnes have also been constructed.
A dragline bucket system consists of a large bucket which is suspended from a boom (a large truss-like structure) with wire ropes. The bucket is maneuvered by means of a number of ropes and chains. The hoistrope, powered by large diesel or electric motors, supports the bucket and hoist-coupler assembly from the boom. The dragrope is used to draw the bucket assembly horizontally. By skillful maneuver of the hoist and the dragropes the bucket is controlled for various operations.

North Korea's Invisible Airforce
pdunn (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: pdunn.
I have no idea what we are seeing here. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

UFO
kjfitz (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kjfitz.

Abandoned 59th GRAU arsenal
kjfitz (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kjfitz.

Interesting Groove in Algerian Desert
mikeb9991 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: mikeb9991.

Very secure compound (censored)
Not censored in GM/GE/LL only BEV.
This residential compound is very secure. Outer perimeter with guard towers, and inner double fences near the house.

Oberon class submarine at Pounds Scrapyard
Hinkkanen (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Hinkkanen.
Oberon class submarine at Pounds Scrapyard, Portsmouth, UK. It could be either HMS Otus or HMS Opportune shown in the photo here:
http://www.btinternet.com/~warship/News/photo.htm
...but HMS Otus is now a museum ship at Sassnitz, Germany, so this one might be HMS Opportune (or then again it might be some other boat of the same class, at least HMS Otter is known to have been sold to Pounds).

Mysterious Objects: Well Protected In Iraqi Mountains
pdunn (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: pdunn.
I have no idea what these are. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
I've added color to an image that was submitted quite a while back in an attempt to prove that these objects are protruding above ground and are not optical illusions and actually depressions as many have stated.

Black Pond private airstrip
The Black Pond Airfield was evidently built at some point between 1974-93.
The airfield consisted of a single 3,300' paved runway, which was apparently constructed on filled-in land in the middle of the lake.
The airfield does not appear to be very old, as the pavement & markings appear to be relatively recent.
Why was so much effort spent to construct this runway in the middle of the lake, instead of just clearing a patch of land alongside the lake?
Ian Baren reported in 2004, "The story I heard about Black Pond was that the president of the local bank built it for his own use – there is a modern metal hanger on the northeast side. I’ve never seen any plane(s) there though."
Jeff Green reported in 2005, “The land around Black Pond, the pond, and the landing strip all belong to Dean & Wayne Ryder, owners of the Putnam National Bank.
PNB has been around since the middle of the 1800's & the family has owned this land since then.
It [the airfield] sits a few hundred feet from my home.
Frequently on Saturday mornings Wayne (or is it Dean) goes flying or his friends come to visit.
He's got a propjet of some sort, hence the length of the runway.
The runway was built by draining Black Pond then filling in the subsurface for the runway which now connects several small 'islands' that were in the pond.”

Unusual secure Air Force facility
This facility is on the Lackland Training Annex. A couple of things to note. In GM there are way too many cars to account for the size of the buildings. It is very secure with lights and fence. What's with the lines on the ground?

Crashed WWII B-24 bomber
On MGM’s Conejo movie ranch.

Strange Mini-planes in North Korea
Pdunn (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Pdunn.
Their wingspans are only slightly larger than 10' wide and their fuselages are about 15' in length. My guess is they are some kind of remote controlled drone.

Something under the water???
boothy443 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: boothy443.
A shipwrecked barge or something under the water??? Just seems to not fit in the image correctly though, just looks out of place. Off of Cape St Claire

dda (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: dda.
Hard to find informations... Any arabic reader ?

Shell Deer Park refinery
bonjbrown (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: bonjbrown.
Tank farms, refineries and other ecologic delights along the Houston Ship Channel.

An Old Abandoned Stadium
AKpilotEMT (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: AKpilotEMT.
I'm fairly certain that in better years this was a stadium of moderate size. It appears to have been built alongside very old neighborhoods that still exist to the north counter-clockwise around to the southwest, and newer industrial areas have since been built around the east and south. I wonder how long this has been sitting unused for sport. It might take a map that's 30 or 40 years old to get the name of what this was.

Unknown Aircraft at Sondok
Pdunn (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Pdunn.
Is it an aircraft at all? It almost appears attached to the hillside surrounding it.

Strange lines on a mountain
Anyone know what to make of this? Art maybe? It isn't a satellite problem or artifact added afterwards. Zoom all the way in and you'll see tire marks and tracks crossing the white areas.

Collection of aircraft at RAF Long Marston
Parabellum (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Parabellum.

Fenced-in planes off airport
By the jumble pf cars, trucks and busses in the corner and these two out-of-place planes, this has the feel of an impound lot. There is no easy access to the airport next door.

Railroad to space
This old trestle / pier has a curious uplift on the end. Perhaps to stop trains from rolling of the end? Or was it used as a ramp for some stunt at some time in the past?

Unknown submarine type (please help identify)
Rene73 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Rene73.

Lost Airplane
adrbr (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: adrbr.

Ship dock in the forest
Hinkkanen (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Hinkkanen.
Empty ship dock near Hiroshima with no signs of recent use and with no standing buildings around, only some ruins and forest. I'd like to know more about this one.

Strange Markings in the Desert
jbottero (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: jbottero.
Strange markings at Edwards AFB...

Bullseye ?
It is on Beale AFB near the PAVE PAWS radar.
Any idea what this is?
Definitely not a target, not with a PAVE PAWS radar just a mile east and buildings a mile south.

Phased array radar on Kwajalein Atoll
Can't find any info on this one.

Mansion in Sierra Leone
romulusnr (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: romulusnr.
This is a noticeably large mansion in Freetown, Sierra Leone, on Aberdeen Island. Could it be the presidential residence?

Object off coast of Florida
mikeb9991 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: mikeb9991.
Maybe part of an artificial reef? There seem to be a few in that area.

B-1B Bomber at Andersen Air Force Base
I thought the B-2 was deployed at Andersen too but I don't see any of their signature hangars. I thought the B-2 is too fragile to leave out in the weather.

Quiet on the set
boothy443 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: boothy443.
Some kind of filming location on the southeast corner of Marconi Plaza

Water Feature
wil9000 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: wil9000.
Unusual water feature near Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. No idea what it is. Pretty, though.

Centre aquatique - Aquagif

Batman (Vampire) insignia on Kadena AB hangar
Unit insignia of the 44th Fighter Squadron "Vampires."
The 44th Fighter Squadron (44 FS) is part of the 18th Wing at Kadena Air Base, Japan. It operates the F-15 Eagle aircraft conducting air superiority missions.

Strange Circles
jbottero (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: jbottero.
Wonder what they are...

Avtek-400 at Camarillo Airport
The Avtek-400 is the prototype for Avtek Inc's production pusher-canard the Avtek-900T.

Beech RC-12 Guardrail ELINT/COMINT aircraft
Anyone know the military designation of this plane?

Wierd shape in Mojave Desert
mikeb9991 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: mikeb9991.
Any clue what this is?

Interesting Nose Section at the Skunkworks
Birthplace to many of aerospace's most advanced aircraft, including the SR-71, U-2, F-117, P-80 and countless other aviation legends, stroll through Lockheed's legendary Skunkworks and you're certain to catch glimpses of of aviation's historic past as well as its promising future.

Stone Dragon at I-476 and US Route 30
AlbinoFlea (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: AlbinoFlea.
I've driven by this stone figure on the exit 13 embankment a few times and wondered what it is... a dragon? a griffin? Is it associated with Villanova University?

Strange test pad at Dugway Proving Grounds
Looks like it is exactly 1km x .5 km.
The area to the south is used extensively for chemical and biological agent testing. Perhaps this is related to those sites.

Giant dumptrucks
Note the tiny pickup trucks parked nearby.

Black triangle (UFO)?
adrbr (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: adrbr.

Vulcan Materials Quarry
nic (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: nic.

Mystery Submarine
This sub doesn't add up as any US sub that I know of. It is appx 290 to 300 feet long and the sail has no horizontal stabilizers. Anyone have any ideas?

Convoy of Tanks
mlc1us (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: mlc1us.

Airliner maintenance?
Hinkkanen (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Hinkkanen.
Airliner under some kind of rig at Narita International Airport, possibly for maintnance?

Odd checkerboard carved out of the forest

Missile and plane ?
dda (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: dda.
Not sure... Pointed trunk, perhaps.

MiG-21s at Sanaa International Airport (SAH/OYSN)
cmike77 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: cmike77.

Atomic roundabout in Zhuhai?
doranchak (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: doranchak.
Anyone know the significance of this?

Accident in Highway 10
dda (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: dda.

Hawaii's Eye
MissSteaks (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: MissSteaks.
A strange structure on Hawaii Island.

Wing of Crashed Aircraft at Bottom of Man-Made Lake?
voldude123 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: voldude123.

U.S. base in Bahrain (?)
Perhaps a logistics base for the port?

Possible film set (?)
There is a discussion at GE Forums as to whether this is a film set.

Unknown platform in the Adriatic

Modified Lockheed NC-141A Starlifter
Look carefully at the shadow.

Strange Sign
gamma (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: gamma.

Shipwreck?
boothy443 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: boothy443.
It appears to be the hull of a boat like structure under the water.

Airplane alone in the middle of nothing
cmike77 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: cmike77.

Extinct volcano craters
WOXOF (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: WOXOF.
Two extinct volcano craters, central Madagascar highlands
ED: Anyone know the name(s) of these?

Tri-boomed DC-3?
Looks to me like there are three DC-3s here, two without wings.

Odd North Korean Complex
pdunn (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: pdunn.

Raytheon Missile Systems RF test facility
lots of unusual antennas, measurement gear and emitters on the roof, in the field and on top of mounds and /or bunkers.
All part of the Raytheon Missile Systems facility.

Big hole in the ground
Sink hole?

"Police" or "Polis" writing

Car on its side

North Korean Burrial Mounds(?)
Earlier someone indicated North Korea frequently uses burrial mounds, so I imagine that is what these are.

Edgewater Stable
AlbinoFlea (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: AlbinoFlea.
I'm not sure what the actual connection is, but the owner is listed as the US Secret Service.

Concorde nose

Star in a ring
Is this some kind of military installation, radar station perhaps?

Lots of something

Giant bug at NASA
No idea why that's there in the parking lot of the Space center. Any ideas?

Unidentified Test Track
This looks like a test track or proving ground. Can't find a reference to it though.

Leaching process
Looks like some form of leaching process going on here.

North Korean underground facility
The three scallop shaped areas around the perimeter look like exhaust vents from the center. I'd guess a silo except there are almost no defensive sites (AAA, missiles, etc) around this area.

Little Italy, part of Fantasy World Minitalia

Cableship
Anyone know which one?

Car in trouble

Static display aircraft at Camp Dodge

Demolished railroad roundhouse foundation?
bucsfan2010 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: bucsfan2010.
The size, shape and proximity to multiple railroads makes this look to me like the leftover foundation of a long demolished roundhouse. Google maps show it clearly but Bing maps aerial and Birds eye view show it overgrown. MSR Maps topographic maps of area don't show it.

Experimental Jet-powered Maglev Locomotive
I can't find any reference to this vehicle. I called the museum and talked to Glen and he says that this was used at the government test track ten miles east and tested for the Japanese and French government.

C-54 Skymaster at Aberdeen Boneyard

Cement Carrier or LNG Ship Docked at Akranes
The pipeline it is loading from seems to lead back to the cement plant, but the ship seems more in line with a LNG design.

Unidentified SIGINT location
Looks like a SIGINT site just south of Quantico.

Sinking tanker ?

Underwater Explosion

Trimaran
Looks like a racer. Asymmetric outriggers.

Ancient Fort
sweto (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: sweto.

Stena Line ship docked at Vippetangen
Not sure which Stena Line ship this is

Demolition in Progress
Not sure what this is being torn down, but I believe its address was 220 Clark Street.

Planes
tk42one (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: tk42one.
Plane in flight and shadow on nearby building don't match.

Archaelogical Ruins near Baghdad?
There's something about the facilities surrounding this site that seem nefarious, but the rounded corners on the rectangular chambers have an ancient feel.

Missiles on static display
Naval munitions I assume. Anyone know what they are?
At Fleet Combat Training Center Atlantic.

Odd Bird
skyeye (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: skyeye.
This odd duck recalls another one:
The site looks like it might be a fire fighting training area.

Waterfalls on Canaseraga Creek
milwhcky (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: milwhcky.
A multi-drop waterfall located between Canaseraga Falls and a set of falls at the Sun Valley campground.

MiG 15 and BAC Jet Provost at Portland Hillsboro Airport