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There's also this site[1] which seems to be more specifically about the clock in Texas, and has a mailing list sign up to be notified about visiting possibiliti

There's also this site[1] which seems to be more specifically about the clock in Texas, and has a mailing list sign up to be notified about visiting possibilities. 1: http://www.10000yearclock.net/learnmore.html http://www.10000yearclock.net/learnmore.html

davidw 9y ago
https://www.google.com/maps/@31.4485152,-104.902702,1698a,35y,2.05h/data=!3m1!1e3!5m1!1e4?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@31.4485152,-104.902702,1698a,35... Looks like some construction work on top of a mountain near Bezos' land north of Van Horn. If you zoom out, you can see it shows 'West Texas Suborbital Launch Site' a bit to the east. Looks like it's in the Sierra Diablo range. Bing's satellite map of the same place: https://binged.it/2ou7xtf https://binged.it/2ou7xtf Background image from the site you linked looks consistent with those sheer ridges in the Bing imagery: http://www.10000yearclock.net/img/bg.jpg http://www.10000yearclock.net/img/bg.jpg
- maxerickson 9y ago
  Nice find! These guys have a picture that looks like the tower: http://www.swaggartbrothers.com/project/10000-year-clock/ http://www.swaggartbrothers.com/project/10000-year-clock/
  - davidw 9y ago
    Oh, yeah, you can see the strip mine type thing in this photo: http://www.swaggartbrothers.com/swaggart/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/IMG_0472.jpg http://www.swaggartbrothers.com/swaggart/wp-content/uploads/... That's visible in the bottom of this satellite image: https://www.google.com/maps/@31.4370941,-104.8992241,5680a,35y,2.05h/data=!3m1!1e3!5m1!1e4?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@31.4370941,-104.8992241,5680a,3...
    - maxerickson 9y ago
      Looking at a USGS topographical map, the tower is located right on a peak.
  - ItsRightThere 9y ago
    That's possibly the yarder: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarder https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarder For lowering equipment & materials (skyline hoisting.)
    - maxerickson 9y ago
      I think it's a headframe (it's installed directly over the shaft). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headframe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headframe
- walrus01 9y ago
  based on previous GIS and satellite imagery analysis work related to hilltop and mountaintop telecommunications sites... It is pretty hard to hide a road to the top of a mountain. The combination of free space radar generated elevation datasets (SRTM1/3, SRTM1, etc), free 3D terrain viewing tools (google earth pro) and free satellite imagery can be taught to almost anyone. Even if you bulldoze a small road only passable by a high clearance small 4x4 like a Toyota HiLux, it'll be easily evident from space.

davidw 9y ago

https://www.google.com/maps/@31.4485152,-104.902702,1698a,35y,2.05h/data=!3m1!1e3!5m1!1e4?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@31.4485152,-104.902702,1698a,35... Looks like some construction work on top of a mountain near Bezos' land north of Van Horn. If you zoom out, you can see it shows 'West Texas Suborbital Launch Site' a bit to the east. Looks like it's in the Sierra Diablo range. Bing's satellite map of the same place: https://binged.it/2ou7xtf https://binged.it/2ou7xtf Background image from the site you linked looks consistent with those sheer ridges in the Bing imagery: http://www.10000yearclock.net/img/bg.jpg http://www.10000yearclock.net/img/bg.jpg

maxerickson 9y ago
Nice find! These guys have a picture that looks like the tower: http://www.swaggartbrothers.com/project/10000-year-clock/ http://www.swaggartbrothers.com/project/10000-year-clock/
- davidw 9y ago
  Oh, yeah, you can see the strip mine type thing in this photo: http://www.swaggartbrothers.com/swaggart/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/IMG_0472.jpg http://www.swaggartbrothers.com/swaggart/wp-content/uploads/... That's visible in the bottom of this satellite image: https://www.google.com/maps/@31.4370941,-104.8992241,5680a,35y,2.05h/data=!3m1!1e3!5m1!1e4?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@31.4370941,-104.8992241,5680a,3...
  - maxerickson 9y ago
    Looking at a USGS topographical map, the tower is located right on a peak.
- ItsRightThere 9y ago
  That's possibly the yarder: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarder https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarder For lowering equipment & materials (skyline hoisting.)
  - maxerickson 9y ago
    I think it's a headframe (it's installed directly over the shaft). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headframe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headframe
walrus01 9y ago
based on previous GIS and satellite imagery analysis work related to hilltop and mountaintop telecommunications sites... It is pretty hard to hide a road to the top of a mountain. The combination of free space radar generated elevation datasets (SRTM1/3, SRTM1, etc), free 3D terrain viewing tools (google earth pro) and free satellite imagery can be taught to almost anyone. Even if you bulldoze a small road only passable by a high clearance small 4x4 like a Toyota HiLux, it'll be easily evident from space.