Sunday 24 April 2016

Where on Google Earth #559

Elisabeth gave us a real challenge with contest 558, based on the number of days it remained unsolved by players in the game - as well as how much of the world I had to search trying to find the correct combination of water and rock colours. I was not able to figure out the geological feature and had to resort to scanning GE for hours.

In the end, it was the northern part of Antelope Island, located in the south east corner of Great Salt Lake, Utah. The website for the state park located on the island mentions this for the geology:

Geology is the foundation for Antelope Island, and reveals a long history of complex geologic processes. Rocks on the island range from the oldest to the youngest in the state of Utah. Five periods of geologic time are preserved in detail. Unconformities are due to the area being elevated above sea level wherein rocks were either never deposited or were eroded away. Little is known of the geologic events represented by the older unconformities. The geology controls the collection and distribution of ground water and the location and size of springs.

Contest #559:



Rules, tips and previous WoGEs are collected by Felix on his http://woge-felix.blogspot.ca/ blog with a KML file available with all WoGEs.

The Schott rule applies for this contest (1 hour for every previous win)

Posted at 0015 UTC April 24, 2016.
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5 comments:

  1. Ole Tjugen25 April 2016 at 03:08

    So - I can post my answer tomorrow before lunch, if noone beats me to it. :)

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  2. Elisabeth Schuster25 April 2016 at 04:08

    Ole, it depends on when you have lunch. I got it, too.
    13°58'47.92"N 48°15'4.67"E Balhaf Volcanic Field, Yemen
    More info in a while.

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  3. Elisabeth Schuster25 April 2016 at 04:29

    The Harra of Bal Haf is a small volcanic field along the Gulf of Aden in southern Yemen that contains tuff cones and large aa lava fields. The volcanic field lies along the coast about 100 km SW of the city of Al Mukalla. Lava flows erupted from cinder cones blanket much of the volcanic field and produce an irregular shoreline. One fresh-looking basaltic flow may be of historical age (Catalog of Active Volcanoes of the World). The At-Tabâb tuff cone along the coast rises about 200 m from the sea and has a 1.5-km-wide crater partially filled by a cinder cone and associated lava flows. An adjacent tuff cone to the east is lake filled.

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  4. Andrew25 April 2016 at 05:21

    Elisabeth.. good job! Much easier than yours.

    Ole has won more than a few times, so given the Schott rule that I invoked meaning he must wait one hour for every previous win, he's got a long wait ahead.

    We await your next contest.

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  5. Elisabeth Schuster25 April 2016 at 06:30

    WoGe #560 is here: http://woge-elisa.blogspot.de/2016/04/where-on-google-earth-560.html

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