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The entire scene - a gigantic white cuboid shape delicately placed between mountains and desert - is science fiction brought to life.
by dandermotj 10y ago
The entire scene - a gigantic white cuboid shape delicately placed between mountains and desert - is science fiction brought to life.
- concernedctzn 10y agoAnd maybe one day they'll build one on Mars
- trhway 10y agowell, the factory seems to be a leading prong of industrial sprawl into the wilderness there https://www.google.com/maps/@39.5117825,-119.4610767,21248m/data=!3m1!1e3 https://www.google.com/maps/@39.5117825,-119.4610767,21248m/... With the Gigafactory being probably an "anchor" business in that area, those mountains and desert may be changed soon.
- beaner 10y agoWhat are all those other buildings around it that look just as big, if not bigger?
- pavs 10y agoIf you zoom in you can see their name. Couple of names I picked up, are ware houses and distribution centers for ebay, wallmart, petsmart to name a few. The reason Gigafactory doesnt look as impressive compare to others because only 15% of GF construction has been done so far (according to Bloomberg Article). So the completed structure will easily dwarf everything else in the vicinity.
- leobakerhytch 10y agoIf you look at the corners of the plot, you can see the short sides of the octagon that the completed building will eventually become. Overlaid on the financial district of New York, for comparison: http://mapfrappe.com/?show=39101 http://mapfrappe.com/?show=39101