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Army building secret island in Chesapeake
Posted by: Coyote ()
Date: July 07, 2012 01:24AM

This time-lapse satellite video shows how the army has built a huge island in the Chesapeake Bay.


According to Gizmodo, the Army has been building this island since 1998. These images were taken by a Landsat satellite, which is managed by NASA and the U.S. Geological survey.

It appears that the Army began building sand dikes to establish the perimeter of the island, named "Poplar Island." But it has been nicknamed "Mud Island" because it is made out of the mud and sand dredged up from the nearby Baltimore Harbor.

While no one know exactly what the purpose of Poplar Island is, it is already starting conspiracy theories that it is an evil lair for devious governmental plans.

According to the government, it is home to 170 species of birds. Which sounds exactly like something the government would say when they're trying to cover up something.

Is it a sinister headquarters for secret governmental tests? Or is it the world' most expensive wildlife refuge? We may never know, but the architecture plans were also released in 2009. (We love how these are called the "Master Plan")

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Here is an aerial shot of the island:
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/07/2012 01:27AM by Coyote.

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Re: Army building secret island in Chesapeake
Posted by: E Lye ()
Date: July 07, 2012 01:30AM

Wowsers...

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Re: Army building secret island in Chesapeake
Posted by: eesh ()
Date: July 07, 2012 01:35AM

E Lye Wrote:
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> Wowsers...



Check the goggles...

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Re: Army building secret island in Chesapeake
Posted by: E Lye ()
Date: July 07, 2012 01:44AM

eesh Wrote:
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> Check the goggles...


Yes, she does

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Re: Army building secret island in Chesapeake
Posted by: : )~ ()
Date: July 07, 2012 02:07AM

Its a secret island built for Obama to get away to and play golf.

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Re: Army building secret island in Chesapeake
Posted by: ObamaSucksatGolf ()
Date: July 07, 2012 11:16AM

: )~ Wrote:
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> Its a secret island built for Obama to get away to
> and play golf.


Too many water hazards for a golfer of his ability.

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Re: Army building secret island in Chesapeake
Posted by: apachon ()
Date: July 11, 2012 07:22PM

there is a hole with the same dimension of the sand of that island ...

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Re: Army building secret island in Chesapeake
Posted by: Scoop ()
Date: July 11, 2012 08:47PM

Not much of a secret since we know about it. lol

The real story is that it was mostly just a convenient place to dump dredge spoils from the channel.

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Re: Army building secret island in Chesapeake
Posted by: Ito ()
Date: July 11, 2012 10:21PM

Scoop Wrote:
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> Not much of a secret since we know about it. lol
>
> The real story is that it was mostly just a
> convenient place to dump dredge spoils from the
> channel.

+1

Yep. The final nail in the coffin for what was once a great crab industry.

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Re: Army building secret island in Chesapeake
Posted by: Coyote ()
Date: January 29, 2013 08:30AM

The Truth is out there.

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Re: Army building secret island in Chesapeake
Posted by: crayabs ()
Date: January 29, 2013 08:30PM

Ito Wrote:
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> Scoop Wrote:
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> > Not much of a secret since we know about it.
> lol
> >
> > The real story is that it was mostly just a
> > convenient place to dump dredge spoils from the
> > channel.
>
> +1
>
> Yep. The final nail in the coffin for what was
> once a great crab industry.


I had the crabs once, and I don't think it is a great industry at all.

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