https://abcnews.go.com/US/mysterious-monolith-similar-column-2020-appears-las-vegas/story?id=111192270
In December 2020, a similar monolith appeared in Downton Las Vegas, standing under the Fremont Street Experience canopy.
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. 🙄
...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.).
It is like writing about how my children happened to be in my picture next to the grand canyon.
You don't? Or write, "the photographer perfectly aligned the horizon with reflections of the rocky dessert."
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???
It strongly reads to me like the writer is trying to make something mystical/mysterious out of a completely mundane "feature" of mirrors.
It won't be one person. There are copycats in there; some of the creators are known in the Wikipedia article I linked to.
the previous ones were the work of the YouTuber "I Did a Thing" https://youtu.be/j-pKKM6CXr0?si=q_My4e95zqEsnnYU
Oh shit, I thought it was Yea Theory. I don’t believe those Aussies are in America right now too. Odd.
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]
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.
fwiw, the article describes it as a "vertical slab of metal". Not a very in-depth article, but I wouldn't expect mirrors to be described as that.
Surround the thing with solar panels and then you've got yourself an environmentally friendly peice of space debris.
https://youtu.be/j-pKKM6CXr0?si=JhBceXhUslmIPjEP
Looks like Auntie Donna is up to something.
I mean it would be interesting to know if these are made of some kind of weird material or something, you know, maybe alien stuff..
Very “A Space Odyssey - 2001”