Comments on: Saharan Squares http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/08/11/saharan-squares/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:06:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Ozio http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/08/11/saharan-squares/#comment-62990 Ozio Tue, 07 Nov 2006 12:41:40 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/08/11/saharan-squares/#comment-62990 Some kind of irrigation project maybe? Some kind of irrigation project maybe?

]]> By: Chris http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/08/11/saharan-squares/#comment-51632 Chris Tue, 03 Oct 2006 19:09:10 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/08/11/saharan-squares/#comment-51632 Don't they mark off squares like that for archeological digsites? That way they can map out the site and pinpoint areas to dig in. Maybe? Don’t they mark off squares like that for archeological digsites? That way they can map out the site and pinpoint areas to dig in. Maybe?

]]> By: steu http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/08/11/saharan-squares/#comment-43308 steu Fri, 18 Aug 2006 08:40:21 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/08/11/saharan-squares/#comment-43308 Fishnet? Fishnet?

]]> By: Ryan Coleman http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/08/11/saharan-squares/#comment-42871 Ryan Coleman Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:48:18 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/08/11/saharan-squares/#comment-42871 Anyone up for the world's largest game of Battleship? Anyone up for the world’s largest game of Battleship?

]]> By: Spamboy http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/08/11/saharan-squares/#comment-42565 Spamboy Mon, 14 Aug 2006 10:24:02 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/08/11/saharan-squares/#comment-42565 My guess: Sudoku. If you zoomed in a bit closer, you'd see a whole bunch of pencil eraser shavings... My guess: Sudoku. If you zoomed in a bit closer, you’d see a whole bunch of pencil eraser shavings…

]]> By: Greg http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/08/11/saharan-squares/#comment-42325 Greg Sun, 13 Aug 2006 06:40:49 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/08/11/saharan-squares/#comment-42325 There is a small shipping port down the beach a little ways, this might explain it. There is a large cost and equipment needed to salvage a ship after it has run aground and money is aplenty here. No need to remove them anytime soon. Also I noticed what appered to be a section blocked from view by Google, perhaps there is a military station and the explanation lies therein. There is a small shipping port down the beach a little ways, this might explain it. There is a large cost and equipment needed to salvage a ship after it has run aground and money is aplenty here. No need to remove them anytime soon. Also I noticed what appered to be a section blocked from view by Google, perhaps there is a military station and the explanation lies therein.

]]> By: Lee http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/08/11/saharan-squares/#comment-42269 Lee Sat, 12 Aug 2006 19:19:33 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/08/11/saharan-squares/#comment-42269 Solar panels from the film 'Sahara'. Solar panels from the film ‘Sahara’.

]]> By: Mel http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/08/11/saharan-squares/#comment-42241 Mel Sat, 12 Aug 2006 12:43:20 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/08/11/saharan-squares/#comment-42241 Could the 'something further south' of it be greenhouses/glasshouses or vast polytunnels for growing fruit and veg? There are some huges ones now in Southern Spain (and you can see those on the maps). This might be an experiment to do the same thhing here. Could the ’something further south’ of it be greenhouses/glasshouses or vast polytunnels for growing fruit and veg? There are some huges ones now in Southern Spain (and you can see those on the maps). This might be an experiment to do the same thhing here.

]]> By: Graeme http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/08/11/saharan-squares/#comment-42212 Graeme Sat, 12 Aug 2006 03:06:31 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/08/11/saharan-squares/#comment-42212 If you have a look just few km south, there is something interesting that seems to be the same, but advanced to the term. If you have a look just few km south, there is something interesting that seems to be the same, but advanced to the term.

]]> By: Alex http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/08/11/saharan-squares/#comment-42184 Alex Fri, 11 Aug 2006 22:04:56 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/08/11/saharan-squares/#comment-42184 Actually Jack I think that even calling it <em>beach</em> is <a href="http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=23.886667,-15.832881&z=13" rel="nofollow">over-stretching it</a>! When I said Sahara I was really referring to the country rather than the dessert. I mean pudding. Afters! *Ahem* Desert. Actually Jack I think that even calling it beach is over-stretching it!

When I said Sahara I was really referring to the country rather than the dessert. I mean pudding. Afters!

*Ahem*

Desert.

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