Giant Starfish, Vieques, Puerto Rico

18° 8'18.49"N 65°18'8.82"W

On the eastern tip of the island of Vieques, which lies about 8 miles east of the mainland of Puerto Rico, there appears to be a giant starfish formation of some sort. Actually, there are two, with the second one a short distance to the east of the one pictured here. It seems pretty mysterious, until one considers the fact that Vieques was a 900 acre U.S. Navy target range from 1941 until 2003. If you look closely, you can see that the terrain is pock-marked with small bomb craters, and there are even two junk aircraft in the upper left corner of the photo, to simulate an enemy airfield. The "giant starfish" is most likely a naval bomb target.