Tower Near OAL VOR?

[Old School 737]

Just to the East a bit. Anybody know what it is? I was wondering if its the pole they use to put aircraft on to test radar signatures?

 

[trip]

Wish it was something more "black" and exciting but just more green energy spending.

http://www.basinandrangewatch.org/CrescentDune.html

 

[Old School 737]

That's it wow.Thx

 

[scoreboardII]

Wheeler Rd & Ranchito Rd, Barstow-Victorville, CA 92342

copy and paste the above to google maps and then pan a little North and West.

 

[whatitdoing?]

Too funny, flew over it yesterday and I was like, "What in the hell is that?"

 

[Rick James]

Another government sponsored program courtesy of Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi. It's the "green" method of using taxpayer dollars for campaign donations.

 

[trip]

Ahh.. the things you can build with 780mil taxpayer loan and a few teamsters, a big stick of concrete clearly visible from FL380!
If nothing else it should make for a eery resemblance to the tower of Mordor with the light blasting off the top!

 

[Fox-Tree]

copy and paste the above to google maps and then pan a little North and West.

Not really. This doesn't even get you to the correct state.

Google map "Crescent Dunes, Nye, NV" and you'll be in the ball park. I don't know if the pictures were taken after construction began or not. I don't see the tower but the resolution on the pix of this area isn't the best.

 

[scoreboardII]

my link is not to the tower above, but a much more interesting site.

 

[Dizel8]

IIRC, they are planning on melting salt, a way to store energy. The concept from I read sounds pretty cool. Viable, I am not sure, but certainly anything that gets us to renewable sources of energy is pretty cool and worth a shot.