<story><title>Massive networks of stripes appear in Chinese Desert--visible from space</title><url>http://www.slashgear.com/massive-networks-of-stripes-appear-in-chinese-desert-14194983/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>natesm</author><text>This structure[1] is so large that you can see it when you zoom out to view all of China.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&amp;#38;ll=40.42761,90.793762&amp;#38;spn=0.369021,0.485458&amp;#38;sll=40.45863,93.313301&amp;#38;sspn=0.00689,0.012692&amp;#38;vpsrc=6&amp;#38;t=h&amp;#38;z=11&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&amp;#38;ll=40.42761,90.793762&amp;...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>kooshball</author><text>&lt;a href=&quot;http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=51039&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=51039&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Massive networks of stripes appear in Chinese Desert--visible from space</title><url>http://www.slashgear.com/massive-networks-of-stripes-appear-in-chinese-desert-14194983/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>natesm</author><text>This structure[1] is so large that you can see it when you zoom out to view all of China.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&amp;#38;ll=40.42761,90.793762&amp;#38;spn=0.369021,0.485458&amp;#38;sll=40.45863,93.313301&amp;#38;sspn=0.00689,0.012692&amp;#38;vpsrc=6&amp;#38;t=h&amp;#38;z=11&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&amp;#38;ll=40.42761,90.793762&amp;...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ilikepi</author><text>WP has an image of it[1] and states that it is a Potassium Chloride factory at Lop Lake[2].  It&apos;s not visible on Bing Maps[3], so perhaps it&apos;s relatively new.&lt;p&gt;[1]: &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lop_Nur,_Xinjiang,_China.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lop_Nur,_Xinjiang,_China....&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2]: &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lop_Lake&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lop_Lake&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[3]: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&amp;#38;cp=40.509883876307235~90.76526641845703&amp;#38;lvl=10&amp;#38;dir=0&amp;#38;sty=b&amp;#38;form=LMLTCC&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&amp;#38;cp=40.509883876307235~90.7...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>