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   From: lumpy@digitalcartography.com   
      
   obviouslydelusional wrote:   
   > As a slight divergence to the subject, have you noticed in GE what   
   > appears to be the  white, circular foundation for the tower,   
   > presumably concrete?  At least that's what the eye wants to see at   
   > first glance.  But....what if that were a rotating base instead and   
   > the tower could be turned?  Only images taken over time will reveal   
   > any change in position.   
      
   I wondered about that as well.   
   A rotatable radiator. Not an engineering impossiblity   
   in the least. They can rotate railroad locomotives   
   on big turntables. They can "walk" space bound   
   rockets on huge platforms. Making those platforms   
   rotate (with their extremely heavy payload) seems   
   simple enough.   
      
   Still, it's purpose would seem very, very   
   localized, due to it's low elevation. Perhaps   
   that suggests your concept of some kind of   
   local radar/wx/RCS array might be likely.   
      
   I'm still puzzled by the apparent facia or   
   outer skin, if it is indeed an antenna.   
   Seems like the facia would not be necessary.   
   Just put the dishes/lenses up there. They   
   each have their own weather cover.   
      
   I'm still leaning toward some kind of   
   human + equipment moving vertically   
   through the thing for whatever reason.   
   Particulaly since there doesn't seem   
   to be any kind of unusual power lines   
   running to the thing.   
      
      
   Lumpy   
      
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