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    The Mysterious Cones of the Egyptian Desert
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    Image of RanOutOfUserNameChoices RanOutOfUserNameChoices
    02/06/09

    In reply to The Mysterious Cones of the Egyptian Desert
    Everywhere I go, something reminds me of her.
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    02/06/09

    @RanOutOfUserNameChoices: Frank, you have to forget about her. Besides, we have that case to work on.
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    02/06/09

    @RanOutOfUserNameChoices:

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    Image of Andrew Liptak Andrew Liptak
    02/06/09

    In reply to The Mysterious Cones of the Egyptian Desert
    Quick, someone alert Stargate Command!
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    Image of Spoonman360 Spoonman360
    02/06/09

    In reply to The Mysterious Cones of the Egyptian Desert
    Don't listen to them! This is no art. It's a conspiracy I tell you!! Everyone grab your pitchforks and jerky!
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    02/06/09

    @Spoonman360: *stabs Spoonman with a pitchfork and makes jerky out of him*
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    02/06/09

    @crashedpc:
    *stabs crashedpc with jerky and makes a pitchfork out of him"
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    Image of Kpibca Kpibca
    02/06/09

    @Purple Dave: *stabs a pitchfork with Purple Dave and makes jerky out of something else entirely*
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    02/06/09

    @Kpibca: *Takes a stab at making jerky with a pitchfork*
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    Image of wingbatwu wingbatwu
    02/06/09

    In reply to The Mysterious Cones of the Egyptian Desert
    Totally misleading post title.


    If the origin of the cones is known, it's not mysterious.


    In fact, it's entirely unoriginal and based on crop circles.

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    Image of corpore-metal corpore-metal
    02/06/09

    @wingbatwu: Curse those wily IO9 editors! They suckered us into reading stuff we wouldn't have again!


    Darn!

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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    02/06/09

    @corpore-metal: *single tear rolling down cheek*
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    Image of zenpoet zenpoet
    02/06/09

    In reply to The Mysterious Cones of the Egyptian Desert
    Absolutely stunning. This is why I love io9 and the Giz. I get to read about amazing architecture and art that I would not have otherwise known about.


    Thanks Annalee!

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    02/06/09

    In reply to The Mysterious Cones of the Egyptian Desert
    reminds me of the spiral jetty. which i think is almost gone at this point.
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    Image of corpore-metal corpore-metal
    02/06/09

    In reply to The Mysterious Cones of the Egyptian Desert
    But Stratou doesn't tell us how it was made. Bulldozers? A lot of pick and shovel work? Curious minds wanna know.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    02/06/09

    @corpore-metal: Psychic powers.
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    02/06/09

    @crashedpc: And this guy is wasting it on art?!


    Someone call the Greek Government and draft that guy!


    (How come I don't have psionic powers? Because they're bunk that's why!)

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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    02/06/09

    @corpore-metal: His website didn't really say exactly how they did it, but mentions the pool of water in the center a few times.


    I think he has an army of dung beetles.

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    Image of Gann Gann
    02/06/09

    @crashedpc: Or giant antlions.
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    02/06/09

    @Gann: Dude, BADASS
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    Image of k4man k4man
    02/06/09

    @crashedpc:


    Umm. Did you notice on his website that he's not a he?

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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    02/06/09

    @k4man: We're talking about giant antlions and dung beetles, and you're getting picky about pronouns?


    Ok that was my bad, but still.

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    Image of el smrtmnky el smrtmnky
    02/06/09

    @k4man: and the jezebel storming begins in 3...2...
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    02/06/09

    @crashedpc: so you're saying this is a bad outtake of Enemy Mine?
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    02/06/09

    @k4man: Oops. I didn't bother to read the bio until you pointed it out. I don't really know how Greek first names work so I just assumed it was a guy.


    Anyway, I still kinda wish she put some description on how she did this piece. I like reading artists who explain how they built their works.

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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    02/06/09

    @k4man: If you were a lizard alien, I suppose we could become best friends after a period of irrational racial hatred.
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    02/06/09

    @corpore-metal: Psh, that's like magicians and they tricks!
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    02/06/09

    @crashedpc: Who gets to have the asexual reproduction?
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    02/06/09

    @k4man: I don't understand this "reproduction that doesn't involve sex".
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    02/06/09

    @corpore-metal: Sand worms. Thus the pool of water to keep them under control.
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    02/06/09

    In reply to The Mysterious Cones of the Egyptian Desert
    Here's a Google Earth link/image if anyone would like to add it to their "list".

    [googlesightseeing.com]
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    02/06/09

    In reply to The Mysterious Cones of the Egyptian Desert
    It's drawing me in... can't... look away...
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