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Corona Calibration Targets, AZ
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| Hiking | 10.60 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 10.60 Miles | 6 Hrs 57 Mns | | 2.46 mph |
| 768 ft AEG | 2 Hrs 38 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | This hike was done south of Casa Grande, in the western foothills of the Tat Momoli Mountains, and also in the flat desert west of those mountains. I secured a permit from the Tohono O'odham Nation to hike on their land. No GPS route as per the permit rules.
On Feb 22 2017, I had a HAZ triplog and photoset of a similar hike, but that hike was much further north of this area. I gave alot of details about the "Why & How" in that triplog, of the Corona Calibration Targets. Please Refer to it for more specifics and/or ask Google. Be advised, some info online is speculation, and some sources contradict other sources.
The photo targets were all in the shape of a Maltese Cross, and all were installed in the 1960s.
Each Maltese Cross acted as a known shape and size, for the cameras in spy satellites, as they orbited over the area. This assisted the CIA in accumulating the specifics on what Russia was up to during the 'cold war'.
As the satellites flew over Russia, they then could determine size/shape of war equipment.
This was all top secret until the 1990s
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I did this hike to view almost perfectly preserved examples of eight Corona Calibration Targets. There were a total of 273 targets installed, and "most" targets were 1 mile apart.
Some targets near mountains, had anomalies in size and "Maltese cross construction", but the vast majority were clones of each other.
One constant in all targets - All targets had a benchmark in their center.
I hiked from target to target and had a quick pace in the flat desert, and a slower pace in the Tat Momoli Mountains foothills.
Since I had 8 destinations and not my normal 1 destination, I had fun trying to pare down from over 200 photos, for my photoset. HA
This was a fun hike. |
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Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost
J.R.R.TOLKIEN |
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