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10-02-2016, 08:09 AM #1
OT: What are these marks in the desert?
Anybody know what the groups of straight lines perpendicular to the road are?
From Google Maps here - if you scroll around there are lots of them in the area.
Doesn't really matter, I'm just curious.
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10-02-2016 08:09 AM # ADS
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10-02-2016, 09:40 AM #2
I'm guessing they are part of a "thumper truck seismic survey", which is how they look for oil among other things.
A thumper truck is a vehicle-mounted ground impact system which can be used to provide a seismic source. A heavy weight is raised by a hoist on a truck and dropped, generally about three meters, to impact (or "thump") the ground. To augment the signal, the weight is usually dropped numerous times in a known pattern to enhance the seismic signal by spatial filtering.
Thumping replaced firing explosives in a shot hole in the 1950's. Thumping is considered less damaging to the environment than firing explosives. But the down side is the thumped seismic line creates long-lasting disturbance of the soil.
Thumper Truck
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10-02-2016, 06:17 PM #3
Ran into one one time out by dead horse point. Pretty impressive when they drop it.
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10-03-2016, 07:21 AM #4
Makes sense, thanks!
So that's the "Universal Vibrator" huh... wonder who came up with that name. :)
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10-03-2016, 12:12 PM #5
Interesting. I was wondering what causes lines like these near some of the mountain peaks. Take one of my videos here, at the 35 second mark. Are these similar?
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10-03-2016, 02:20 PM #6
Nope---that is mountain terracing for erosion control, completed by the CCC
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10-03-2016, 04:53 PM #7
^^^THIS^^^
More info here if you are interested
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/9...RY.html?pg=all
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10-28-2016, 01:23 PM #8
Definitely not Nazca Lines.
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