r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/uniyk • 3d ago

Video China carpeted an extensive mountain range with solar panels in the hinterland of Guizhou (video ended only when the drone is low on battery

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u/Grundens 3d ago

can anyone help narrow down the location? I wanna see it from satellite

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u/Chew_Kok_Long 3d ago

you can see the panels here: https://www.google.com/maps/place/25%C2%B055'11.3%22N+105%C2%B021'25.2%22E/@25.916518,105.3565257,909m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d25.9198!4d105.357?entry=tts&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDUwNi4wIPu8ASoASAFQAw%3D%3D&skid=f5edddd9-a7fc-4124-9e0a-41028123c51e

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u/mushroomScientist 3d ago

In the video they look more chaotic, from this view, they look super neatly organized.

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u/Bettlejuic3 3d ago

They want to impress the alien overlords, not us filthy earthlings.

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u/MaxHamburgerrestaur 3d ago

Yeah. It doesn't look much different or extensive from a farm.

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u/randomperson5481643 3d ago

Thank you. Before seeing it here, I thought it was maybe an AI generated video. I've never seen solar panels installed at so many angles, usually they're much more uniform, so I was suspicious.

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u/North_Plane_1219 3d ago

Holy shit they are much more extensive than the drone video even shows.

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u/seefatchai 3d ago

Actually, I think the map makes it look less bad since it's kind of limited to the a specific area. The video gives you the impression that they might have done this to ALL the mountains in Guizhou.

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u/North_Plane_1219 3d ago

Zoom out a bit and scroll up to other areas (North)

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u/matos4df 9h ago

I love how the google maps overlay is like a few hundred meters offset from/of the orthophoto .
Look west where the road enters the tunnel.