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'Mysterious' monolith similar to column seen in 2020 appears in Las Vegas desert: Police (abcnews.go.com)
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[–] 139 points 2 years ago (4 children)

In the photos, the tall, geometric figure reflects the rocky desert and perfectly aligns with the horizon.

Ummmmm, that's the photographer that did that. 🙄

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  • [–] 49 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Tells you everything you need to know about those "journalists".

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    ...the department wrote alongside photos of the column. In the photos, the tall, geometric figure reflects the rocky desert and perfectly aligns with the horizon.

    Not sure how you would prefer that be phrased? Also, if you can reasonably see the horizon aligned with its reflection, that suggests something to the reader about how it's more or less perpendicular to the ground, rather than slanted (cone/pyramid/etc.).

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  • [–] -3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You don't? Or write, "the photographer perfectly aligned the horizon with reflections of the rocky dessert."

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    If the mirrors weren’t perfectly straight up the photographer wouldn’t have been able to do that.

    Also it literally says “in the photos” so yeah, what do you expect???

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    • [–] 80 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    I hope whoever is doing this never lets us know who they are.

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    • [–] 39 points 2 years ago

    An artist freaks out non artists with art

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    [–] 28 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    Monoliths have also been seen internationally in the United Kingdom, Romania, and other locations, adding to the intrigue.

    Yeah, I remember reading news stories about this before.

    kagis

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_works_similar_to_the_2020_Utah_monolith

    Over two hundred similar metal columns have been reported from various locations around the world.[4]

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    • [+] 28 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
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    [–] 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Las Vegas police have nothing better to do?

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    It says Las Vegas desert so its probably law enforcement that operates in that part of the Mojave. Hell it could be San Bernardino Sheriff Department depending on how far out you consider by vegas to be, and yeah outside of the cities the cops have fuck all to do 90% of the time.

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    • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It's just an Interstellar 2 ad

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    • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Yo where do I get the instructions to make one of these? I want to join in.

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    • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I hope nobody tries to touch it in 120° heat...

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Surround the thing with solar panels and then you've got yourself an environmentally friendly peice of space debris.

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    • [–] 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    I Did a Thing at it again.

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    [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    https://youtu.be/j-pKKM6CXr0?si=JhBceXhUslmIPjEP

    Looks like Auntie Donna is up to something.

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    [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Is this a marker from dead space? Oo

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    [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Is that a mirrored surface or an actual crystal like in the book?

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    [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Someone knows what are those made from?

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