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Satellite image of a man-made mountain range located at a military complex in China’s arid Huangyangtan province. Outfitted with artificial lakes and snow-capped peaks, the range appears to be a terrain model of Aksai Chin, an area on the border of India and China claimed by both countries. The facility was discovered in June 2006 by a Google Earth user based in Germany.

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