Mysterious Shapes in the Gobi Desert
Chinese government remains silent on the topic
How did conspiracies ever thrive before Google Maps? The latest global oddity spotted by Google's all-seeing eye is a series of shapes in the Gobi Desert of China. Most people agree that the shapes were created by scraping off a layer of topsoil, thus providing visual contrast between the surface soil and the layer below. (Note: this is also how the Nazca Lines are formed. Just putting that out there.)
But what the shapes mean and who put them there is still up for debate. Their location is considered significant. The shapes are in the remote northwestern quadrant of China which is dedicated to military and space technology. It's essentially China's Area 51.
