谷歌地图中出现神秘五角星

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Mysterious Pentagram on Google Maps Explained
By Marc Lallanilla, Assistant Editor

来自 自然科学网 马克 拉莲妮娜，助理编辑



Conspiracy theorists, start your engines: On the wind-blown steppes of central Asia, in an isolated corner of Kazakhstan, there's a large pentagram etched into the Earth's surface. And now an archaeologist has revealed the source of the mysterious structure.

阴谋论者们，快开动你们的引擎吧：在中亚的风沙草原地带，哈萨克斯坦一个与世隔绝的偏僻角落里，地表上被刻出了一个庞大的五角星图案。现在一名考古学家已经揭示了这个神秘构造的来源。

The five-pointed star surrounded by a circle, located on the southern shore of the Upper Tobol Reservoir, shows up vividly on Google Maps. There are almost no other signs of human habitation in the area; the closest settlement is the city of Lisakovsk, about 12 miles (20 kilometers) to the east.

谷歌地图中，这颗位于上托博尔水库南岸的被圆圈环绕的五角星栩栩如生。这一带是无人区，最近的人类聚居地是位于东边大约12英里（20公里）处的利萨科夫斯克城。

The region surrounding Lisakovsk is riddled with ancient archaeological ruins. Bronze Age settlements, cemeteries and burial grounds — many of which have yet to be explored — dot the windswept landscape. [10 Strangest Sights on Google Earth]

这个位于利萨科夫斯克周边的地区布满了古老的考古遗址。青铜时代的人类聚居区，墓园和坟场——许多已经被勘探过——星罗棋布在这个狂风肆虐的旷野上。

What is this bizarre symbol, measuring roughly 1,200 feet (366 meters) in diameter, doing on the side of a desolate lake in northern Kazakhstan? Naturally, many online comments have already linked the site with devil worship, nefarious religious sects or denizens of the underworld.

这个位于哈萨克斯坦北部一个荒凉的湖的旁边，直径粗略估计有1200英尺（366米）的离奇的符号究竟是什么？自然，有很多人把这里与恶魔崇拜，邪恶教派或是地狱来客联系了起来。

It certainly doesn't help that, upon zooming into the center of the pentagram, viewers will see two places highlighted by previous visitors to Google Maps: One spot is called Adam, the other, Lucifer — a name often linked to Satan.

将地图放大到五角星的中心后，可以看到被之前的谷歌地图访问者们标记出的两个地点：其中一个叫亚当，另一个，路西法——通常，这个名字代表恶魔撒旦。当然，这对解决我们的问题没有什么实质性帮助。

The pentagram is an ancient symbol used by many (non-Satanic) cultures and religious groups. It has been adopted by the Mesopotamians, Pythagoreans (followers of Pythagoras, the ancient Greek mathematician), Christians, Freemasons and Wiccans.

五角星图案是一种古老的符号，曾被很多（非邪教的）文明和宗教组织使用过。而美索布达米亚人，毕达哥拉斯学派（古希腊数学家毕达哥拉斯的追随者们），共济会和威卡教也都在使用它。
The Kazakh pentagram certainly isn't the first odd discovery gleaned from Google Maps. Etched onto the desert floor of New Mexico are two large diamonds surrounded by a pair of overlapping circles. This is reportedly the site of a hidden bunker belonging to the Church of Scientology, according to the author of a book on the religious group.

哈萨克五角星当然不是谷歌地图搜集到的怪异发现中的第一个。在新墨西哥州的沙漠地面上，刻着两个被一对相交的圆圈围绕着的巨大菱形图案。据说这里是科学教的一处秘密地堡，消息来自一名写过一本有关这个宗教组织的书籍的作者。

Deep in the Gobi Desert, viewers of Google Maps can find a Yagi antenna array, a device that looks like a giant piece of cracked glass but is used for atmospheric research. And in a remote corner of Nevada, there's an enormous KFC advertisement, featuring the smiling face of Colonel Sanders.

在戈壁沙漠深处，谷歌地图的使用者们可以找到一个八木天线阵列，看起来像一片巨大的爆裂了的玻璃，但实际上这是用于大气研究的设备。在内华达一个偏僻的角落里，有一个巨大的肯德基广告，是的，就是桑德斯上校的那张笑脸。

Though it's difficult to discern from an aerial photograph exactly what the Kazakh pentagram is, Emma Usmanova, an archaeologist with years of experience working in the Lisakovsk area, has an answer.

尽管很难从一张航空照片中精确的辨别出哈萨克五角星到底是什么，艾玛.乌斯曼诺娃,一个在利萨科夫斯克区域有过多年工作经验的考古学家，给出了一个答案 。

"It is the outline of a park made in the form of a star," Usmanova told LiveScience. The star was a popular symbol during the Soviet era (Kazakhstan was a part of the former Soviet Union until its dissolution in 1991). Stars were often used throughout the Soviet Union to decorate building facades, flags and monuments. (Several online comments had suggested the star shape was the abandoned site of a Soviet-era lakeside campground.)

“它是一个五角星形公园的轮廓，”乌斯曼诺娃告诉生命科学网。五角星是苏联时代的流行符号，（1991年苏联解体前，哈萨克斯坦曾是苏联的一部分）。五角星常被苏联用来装饰建筑外表，旗帜和纪念碑。（很多人认为这个五角星是一个被废弃的苏联时代的湖边露营地。）

The star in the Soviet-era lakeside park is marked by roadways that are now lined with trees, Usmanovaexplained, which make the star shape even more distinct in aerial photos. Additional images of the site, now abandoned and overgrown with weeds, can be seen at englishrussia.com.

这个苏联时代湖边公园的五角星外形由公路构成，现在路边长出了很多树，乌斯曼诺娃解释说，这些树让五角星在航拍照片中更明显了。看这个长满了野草的遗弃之地的更多照片，就在englishrussia.com。

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