As for the other structures, I don’t know. the 4 last one at the bottom are exactly 140 meters appart. They are also all about 23 meters long. This suggest to me that they are artificial structures and the precision of their positionning might indicate that are at least semi permanent structures.
The positon of the other structures appear slightly more random (about 50-70 meters appart) but they all look the same. The official website (https://www.awi.de/en/expedition/stations/kohnen-station.html) got some pictures that might help identify what they are. Ice core drilling rigs? supply “truck”? Who knows.
It’s located about 500km from the coastline. The line of 22 objects is about 1.8km long and the closest end is about 750m from the interesting object at 12 o’clock.
I thought at first the 18 smaller objects, which are about 8(?) metres across and positioned in a straight line, could be some sort of antenna array, but then I’d expect them to be regularly spaced(?). That they’re not and the presence of the marks to their right suggesting they had previous positions makes me suspect they have been manoeuvred into position rather than constructed in situ. Their shape might indicate some kind of aerodynamic positioning or design…or is that just the result of how the snow’s built up around them? And do the reddish spots on four of them indicate something or is it just an artefact of the imaging?
The 4 larger rectangular objects are about 3m x 24m. At first I thought they might have been something like shipping containers (which perhaps the 18 objects had been transported in). If you zoom in they appear to just be the (on?) top of something much bigger. Is it an object or are they sitting on a raised area with ramp?
If you continue the line upwards, maybe half the length of the dotted line and zoom in, there is another line of “poles” perpendicular. An array of four, nine singles, an array of four, nine more singles, and a third array of four. Reminds me of transmission lines. A line of about twenty, with the dead-end arrays of four for strength.
Maybe it’s just the exposed spine of Antarctisaurus Rex?
Defense.gov News Photo 110426-A-7597S-183: U.S. Special Operations service members with Special Operations Task Force South board two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters following a clearing operation in Panjwa'i district in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on April 25, 2011. Source: Wikimedia.
Very interesting. 2 of them are even red. Ill measure the distance between them and report back.
According to wikipedia, the black rectangle near the top is the Kohnen research station (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohnen_Station).
As for the other structures, I don’t know. the 4 last one at the bottom are exactly 140 meters appart. They are also all about 23 meters long. This suggest to me that they are artificial structures and the precision of their positionning might indicate that are at least semi permanent structures.
The positon of the other structures appear slightly more random (about 50-70 meters appart) but they all look the same. The official website (https://www.awi.de/en/expedition/stations/kohnen-station.html) got some pictures that might help identify what they are. Ice core drilling rigs? supply “truck”? Who knows.
It’s located about 500km from the coastline. The line of 22 objects is about 1.8km long and the closest end is about 750m from the interesting object at 12 o’clock.
I thought at first the 18 smaller objects, which are about 8(?) metres across and positioned in a straight line, could be some sort of antenna array, but then I’d expect them to be regularly spaced(?). That they’re not and the presence of the marks to their right suggesting they had previous positions makes me suspect they have been manoeuvred into position rather than constructed in situ. Their shape might indicate some kind of aerodynamic positioning or design…or is that just the result of how the snow’s built up around them? And do the reddish spots on four of them indicate something or is it just an artefact of the imaging?
The 4 larger rectangular objects are about 3m x 24m. At first I thought they might have been something like shipping containers (which perhaps the 18 objects had been transported in). If you zoom in they appear to just be the (on?) top of something much bigger. Is it an object or are they sitting on a raised area with ramp?
Thank you, Rotger!
If you continue the line upwards, maybe half the length of the dotted line and zoom in, there is another line of “poles” perpendicular. An array of four, nine singles, an array of four, nine more singles, and a third array of four. Reminds me of transmission lines. A line of about twenty, with the dead-end arrays of four for strength.
Maybe it’s just the exposed spine of Antarctisaurus Rex?
http://wikimapia.org/9547225/Kohnen-Station-Germany#/photo/6971285
https://www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/antarctic-blog-working-on-the-polar-plateau/
Maybe these are the drill locations. You must have ice tailings. Call it the kerf between core sample diameter and drill hole diameter?
Okay, one more –
This three minute video captured some interesting shots.
http://www.antarctica.gov.au/news/2019/million-year-ice-core-drill-at-the-cutting-edge
Nice spotting, Dale.