The red colours in the picture led me to the southwest US, and quickly I was able to identify the location of the image as the town and surrounding of the picturesque town of Sedona.
http://www.arizonaruins.com/sedona/sedona_geology.html has lots of information about the geology of this part of the world.
This contest has a interesting feature to help the searchers narrow down the location.
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The Schott rule is in place for this contest. Posted at 1920 UTC, February 24th, 2016
Medicine Lake close to Jasper. It's geographical significance I found at Wikipedia: "Medicine Lake is a geologic anomaly in the sense that it is not actually a lake but rather an area in which the Maligne River (flowing from Maligne Lake into the Athabasca River) backs up and suddenly disappears underground. During the summer months during intensified meltwater runoff the lake (which during the winter months is a meandering frozen river) fills to levels which fluctuate over time and with the runoff events. Much like a bathtub that is filled too fast for it to drain, it becomes laden with water (lake) until it can slowly drain as the tap flow (runoff) is reduced (river). The underground system is extensive and during the 1970s researchers used a biodegradable dye to determine the underground river's extent. The dye showed up in many of the lakes and rivers in the area to the point where it became clear that the underground system was one of the most extensive in the world."
ReplyDeleteYou are correct, Paul. Your turn (again)!
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