WOGE 305

Since I was able to eventually locate Péter Luffi's interesting "round-ish something" in India, I get to host WOGE once again.  Since the large dimensions of the view Péter gave were very helpful in the search, I will return the favor.  None of my previous three WOGE pictures have included any real rock formations, so this time I will give you a site that is know for interesting and beautiful rock formations.  Since they are a little difficult to pick out, I have included a close-up image.

As you might guess, these rock formations are not know for their size.  However, they are quite interesting because of where they are.  Finding information about this site can be challenging, so here is a hint: once you find the location in Google Earth, pull back and do a Google search for the names of some of the towns nearby.

I will invoke the Schott rule (past winners must wait one hour for each time they have won - correct post time is 20:15 UTC) just because no one has used it in about a month.  To win the challenge you must find the location and give a basic description of what is of geologic interest here. For more complete rules of WOGE go here.

WOGE #302

After almost winning WOGE #300, I was motivated to spend way too much time trying to locate the interesting rock formations in WOGE #301.  I usually narrow my search area by looking to see what part of the world someone's previous WOGE posts were in, but Péter Luffi has won so many times that it was no help.  I just kept looking in every southern hemisphere desert I could think of, until I finally found the spot in arid western Argentina.
Below is WOGE #302.  Please note that I have used an "historic image" from Google Earth not just to make things more difficult, but because this image shows the features of geologic interest a little more clearly than the current one.

  Once you find this location, information on the geology (and lots of great pictures) will be easy to find.  I will not invoke the "Schott rule" this time.  In case anyone doesn't know what WOGE is, you can find a brief explanation (and a link for more details) in my previous post.  Have fun everyone!

Now that this edition of WOGE has been solved, I will provide some color.  Felix Bossert shares an excellent description of the geology in his comment.

WOGE #277

After spending entirely too much time looking for brown spots in the world's deserts, I was able to locate WOGE #276 by Felix Bossert.  I think this edition will be easy for at least some people, so I am invoking the Schott rule (past winners must wait one hour for each time they have won).  I have also rotated the image so that North is not up.

For anyone new to WOGE, to win you must identify the location shown (by name and/or coordinates) and offer some comment on the geology (go here for a more complete explanation of the rules).  Once you have found my location it will be easy to find out about the interesting geology that underlies the man-made features you see.  The winner gets to post the next WOGE.  If no one finds this within the next day, I will post a second picture.

Just Testing

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