Sunday 21 February 2016

Where on Google Earth #532

Paul Voestermans, a first time winner in WOGE, gave us an image showing Mount Eiger in Switzerland.  I was lucky to recognize the terrain as on the northern edge of the Alps and then it was a matter of hunting down the exact location.

 Mount Eiger has been the site of many deaths of climbers trying to ascend the steep north face, and also the location of many rockfalls over the years.  The last major one was in July 2006, when a chunk of rock as big as a skyscraper fell.  (http://www.nature.com/news/2006/060717/full/news060717-3.html)

 For the next contest, we go somewhere a bit drier.

Go to https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1585/25155533286_64514bf60a_b.jpg for a larger image

 Rules, tips and previous WoGEs are collected by Felix on his http://woge-felix.blogspot.ca/ blog and a KML file is available with all WoGEs.  Schott rule applies for this contest (1 hour for every previous win)

Posted at 0025 UTC February 22, 2016.


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  1. Unknown21 February 2016 at 18:50

    Aorounga Aorounga crater

    diameter: 17 kilometers; age: 200 million years The impact of an asteroid or comet several hundred million years ago left scars in the landscape that are still visible in the Sahara Desert of northern Chad. The original crater was buried by sediments, which were then partially eroded to reveal the current ring-like appearance. The dark streaks are deposits of windblown sand that migrate along valleys cut by thousands of years of wind erosion. The dark band is a portion of a proposed second crater. Scientists are using radar images to investigate the possibility that Aorounga is one of a string of impact craters formed by multiple impacts. Description from http://www.solarviews.com/eng/tercrate.htm

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  2. Unknown21 February 2016 at 19:06

    Next contest #533 can be found at: http://wogepaulvoestermans.blogspot.nl/2016/02/woge-533-on-to-next-one.html

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