Thanks to several hints from Felix I was finally able to solve
WOGE 351. The Dendi Caldera in Ethiopia seems like it would be an interesting place to visit. I had already wasted a modest amount of time searching areas around the Mediterranean before I caught on to the second picture. A Google image search for "round thatched huts" turned up a number of pictures from Ethiopia mixed with those from various tropical islands. Once I began searching the right county it took just a few minutes to locate the lake in the image. Maybe this will help me recover from the embarrassment of not recognizing Ron's
WOGE 350 even though I had found the location when it was Peter's
WOGE 304.
Now its time for WOGE 352. Once you locate this area it should be relatively easy to find some good information about the geology. As always, be the first person to post a comment with the coordinates of the location and some explanation of the processes or features that make it geologically interesting and you will win the privilege of hosting the next challenge. See Felix Bossert's
blog for complete rules and hints. Since the game has been a little slow lately, the Schott rule is not in effect, and I will post a first hint in just a few days if necessary. Have fun!
Here is the first hint.
Still looking? Maybe a close-up view will help.
See the little thatched huts? But it's not quite the same as in Felix's last edition.
Here is another hint: According to the
Global Volcanism Program the closest Holocene volcano is almost 2000 km from this location.
Maybe it will help if I double the view again.
These pools look inviting, maybe I should change my summer holiday plans?
ReplyDeleteThese might be even better for a winter holiday.
ReplyDeleteOh, you mean we are looking at hot springs... ;-)
ReplyDeleteI will be away from my computer for a few days. If someone solves this edition while I am gone, any other player can feel free to verify the solution so that the game can move on. It looks like one person is on the right track, and everyone else is on vacation :-)
ReplyDeleteMatthew: I think your hints are very specific. We just have nobody looking at the moment. In previous times we had the same situation. So I would suggest to wait and see. Many people (like me soon) are on holiday and can't look or can't host a game. If it does not pick up after summer, maybe we will have to look after a rule change, or our many teaching players are going to make some sort of promotion.
ReplyDeleteOr is there somebody out there, desperately scanning over the continents, and not findig our location even with these clues? First you have to find the wider area where we have these general colors and agricultural pattern. And then you have to look in your favorite search engine for: "hot spring resort Namibia" for example (it's not Namibia, not even close).
Felix: I agree that many of the regular players must be on vacation. This post seems to be getting only 5-10 views per day. The clues I have already given narrow the possible locations to relatively small areas of three continents. So, I will just keep checking back until someone finds the time to solve this edition.
ReplyDeleteThe location is the Caldas Novas dome in Central Brazil ( 17°47'24.54"S 48°42'7.83"W), the resort shown is the Rio Quente Resort whose pools and rapids are re-charged by the hydrothermal spring - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Quente. Rather interestingly the resort lays claim to having the only 'hot water rapids' in the Americas as its pools and water park are fed directly from the spring!
ReplyDeleteHaving reviewed the regional geology I think its best I dont expose my geological ineptitude by trying to further explain its origins (!) though in essence it appears tectonic deformation of the underlying 'Paranoa Group' has created preferential pathways for meteoric waters along bedding planes within quartzite layers. A quick review of this excellent paper provides a far better explanation - http://www.wseas.us/e-library/conferences/2008/malta/eg/eg07.pdf
Congratulations Chris, you got the location exactly right, and found an excellent explanation of the geology. I am not a geologist either so some of the details are beyond my understanding. I was attracted to this location first because of the dome's distinctive appearance. Then I discovered the geology is also very unusual. Since most hot springs are located in volcanically active regions, I wondered if anyone would think of checking in Brazil.
ReplyDeleteWe look forward to seeing what you have chosen for the next WOGE. Hopefully everyone will be returning from vacation soon and the game will move a little faster.
WOGE #353 can be found here:
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WIGE#353 seems to be down at the moment. The pictures can be found here:
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