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For the curious, here's the satellite view: https://www.google.com/maps/@38.0334984,-115.4461277,1423m/data=!3m1!1e3 https://www.google.com/maps/@38.0334984,-11

For the curious, here's the satellite view: https://www.google.com/maps/@38.0334984,-115.4461277,1423m/data=!3m1!1e3 https://www.google.com/maps/@38.0334984,-115.4461277,1423m/d...

quickthrower2 4y ago
Grass is very green next door
- onion2k 4y ago
  Just like most cities.
- LandStander 4y ago
  Isn't it always
- acomjean 4y ago
  Those isolated green squares when you zoom out. Looks like a ranch. Those cattle are probably going to explore the site at night when they get bored.
Barrin92 4y ago
the shapes from above almost make it look like those ancient desert sites in Peru
pram 4y ago
It frankly just looks like a derelict Air Force base. Even has the munitions bunkers.
- zdkl 4y ago
  It reminds of a (somewhat recent) article and discussion here on the design parameters for long-term nuclear waste storage facilities. One of the points was that to deter interference from pesky curious humans across the time scales considered, pictographic or lexical warnings may get degraded or lose meaning: the structure and area itself must convey a message of menace, drabness or inhospitability. I'd have bet this was a test site for such a project. Which given the name of the installation might be the goal. If anyone remembers the paper in question, my algolia-fu is failing me.
  - hjek 4y ago
    "This place is not a place of honor"
    - christophilus 4y ago
      If the “not” somehow got effaced, that message would suddenly have the opposite effect, so… This kind of thing is difficult. Hopefully, there would be some redundancy to the message.
      - sneak 4y ago
        This was considered in the heavily-studied design. Redundancy is a core component.
  - JimDabell 4y ago
    > “This place is not a place of honor,” reads the text. “No highly esteemed dead is commemorated here… nothing valued is here. What is here was dangerous and repulsive to us. This message is a warning about danger.” > The plan calls for huge 25ft (7.6m) tall granite columns marking the four-sq-mile (10 sq km) outer boundary of the entire site. Inside this perimeter, there is an earth berm 33ft (10m) tall and 100ft (30m) wide marking the repository’s actual footprint. Then inside the berm will be another square of granite columns. — https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200731-how-to-build-a-nuclear-warning-for-10000-years-time https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200731-how-to-build-a-n...
    - optimalsolver 4y ago
      "If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying 'End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH', the paint wouldn't even have time to dry.” ― Thief Of Time, Terry Pratchett
  - Kaibeezy 4y ago
    Good summary on Wikipedia - Long-term nuclear waste warning messages https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-term_nuclear_waste_warning_messages https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-term_nuclear_waste_warn...
bambax 4y ago
Not to be confused with Las Vegas Airport, 160 miles to the south.
qwertox 4y ago
Link to Homepage according to the sidebar info: http://tripleaughtfoundation.org/ http://tripleaughtfoundation.org/
dade_ 4y ago
Reminds me of an odd residential development in Arizona, which actually started around 1973 as well. https://goo.gl/maps/ZAUMABmrkRoL4pTp8 https://goo.gl/maps/ZAUMABmrkRoL4pTp8
- fuzzfactor 4y ago
  Also a failed real estate development on Freeport GBI. https://www.google.com/maps/@26.5978301,-78.6086813,2987m/data=!3m1!1e3 https://www.google.com/maps/@26.5978301,-78.6086813,2987m/da... This one is 50 years old now too. Development of a small yachting community was underway full steam in the early 1970's when The Bahamas gained independence from the UK, after that those not born there were no longer allowed to own property, only able to lease it for a period of 99 years at most. So never mind.
fuzzfactor 4y ago
Shows how a single individual can have an outsized effect on the landscape while still keeping a low profile for an extended period of time.

For the curious, here's the satellite view: https://www.google.com/maps/@38.0334984,-115.4461277,1423m/data=!3m1!1e3 https://www.google.com/maps/@38.0334984,-115.4461277,1423m/d...

quickthrower2 4y ago

Grass is very green next door

onion2k 4y ago
Just like most cities.
LandStander 4y ago
Isn't it always
acomjean 4y ago
Those isolated green squares when you zoom out. Looks like a ranch. Those cattle are probably going to explore the site at night when they get bored.

Barrin92 4y ago

the shapes from above almost make it look like those ancient desert sites in Peru

pram 4y ago

It frankly just looks like a derelict Air Force base. Even has the munitions bunkers.

zdkl 4y ago
It reminds of a (somewhat recent) article and discussion here on the design parameters for long-term nuclear waste storage facilities. One of the points was that to deter interference from pesky curious humans across the time scales considered, pictographic or lexical warnings may get degraded or lose meaning: the structure and area itself must convey a message of menace, drabness or inhospitability. I'd have bet this was a test site for such a project. Which given the name of the installation might be the goal. If anyone remembers the paper in question, my algolia-fu is failing me.
- hjek 4y ago
  "This place is not a place of honor"
  - christophilus 4y ago
    If the “not” somehow got effaced, that message would suddenly have the opposite effect, so… This kind of thing is difficult. Hopefully, there would be some redundancy to the message.
    - sneak 4y ago
      This was considered in the heavily-studied design. Redundancy is a core component.
- JimDabell 4y ago
  > “This place is not a place of honor,” reads the text. “No highly esteemed dead is commemorated here… nothing valued is here. What is here was dangerous and repulsive to us. This message is a warning about danger.” > The plan calls for huge 25ft (7.6m) tall granite columns marking the four-sq-mile (10 sq km) outer boundary of the entire site. Inside this perimeter, there is an earth berm 33ft (10m) tall and 100ft (30m) wide marking the repository’s actual footprint. Then inside the berm will be another square of granite columns. — https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200731-how-to-build-a-nuclear-warning-for-10000-years-time https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200731-how-to-build-a-n...
  - optimalsolver 4y ago
    "If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying 'End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH', the paint wouldn't even have time to dry.” ― Thief Of Time, Terry Pratchett
- Kaibeezy 4y ago
  Good summary on Wikipedia - Long-term nuclear waste warning messages https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-term_nuclear_waste_warning_messages https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-term_nuclear_waste_warn...

bambax 4y ago

Not to be confused with Las Vegas Airport, 160 miles to the south.

qwertox 4y ago

Link to Homepage according to the sidebar info: http://tripleaughtfoundation.org/ http://tripleaughtfoundation.org/

dade_ 4y ago

Reminds me of an odd residential development in Arizona, which actually started around 1973 as well. https://goo.gl/maps/ZAUMABmrkRoL4pTp8 https://goo.gl/maps/ZAUMABmrkRoL4pTp8

fuzzfactor 4y ago
Also a failed real estate development on Freeport GBI. https://www.google.com/maps/@26.5978301,-78.6086813,2987m/data=!3m1!1e3 https://www.google.com/maps/@26.5978301,-78.6086813,2987m/da... This one is 50 years old now too. Development of a small yachting community was underway full steam in the early 1970's when The Bahamas gained independence from the UK, after that those not born there were no longer allowed to own property, only able to lease it for a period of 99 years at most. So never mind.

fuzzfactor 4y ago

Shows how a single individual can have an outsized effect on the landscape while still keeping a low profile for an extended period of time.