Well, in spite of it being a busy week, I allowed myself ten minutes yesterday morning to search for Where on (Google) Earth #278, and I found it in southeast Australia. So now it’s my turn to put a screenshot of some location from Google Earth online, and it’s your job to figure out where it is, and what the geologic significance of the location is.
The Schott Rule is hereby invoked: You have to wait an hour for every past Wo(G)E that you have won before you post your answer — this gives newbies a “head start” on the search. Have fun!
I’ve positioned the screenshot in a non-traditional way, but note that north is still at the top!
You can click on it to make it bigger. Where is this place? Why should anyone care? Let’s hear from you in the comments section.
A full list of past Where on (Google) Earth locations can be found on this .kmz file, maintained by Ron Schott.
Is this the tsingy? near coastal madagascar?
Maybe…. You’ve just shared a MAJOR clue with the world… Can you give me a specific lat/long and explanation of why it is interesting and important?
ok 18 degrees, 59’42 S, 44 degrees,46’19 E elev 472′
The tsingy is a unique erosional feature found in the forests of Madagascar. The host to the tsingy is a gigantic slab of limestone that has been eroded by unique form of Karst topography. The caves collapse leaving these beautiful, dagger-like towers which are home to hundreds of species of birds and other animals, including thousands of species of insects. These features protects these animals from predation, which is why new species of bird and insect are found in this area every year.
p.s Lemurs love it !
Congratulations, Jared! You win, which means you get to host Where on (Google) Earth? #280. If you want to start a blog of your own to do that, you can, or I’m happy to host it for you here. Let me know via e-mail or Facebook if so.
By the way, check out the tsingy from ground level. Wild stuff!
OOooh! I really, really want to go to Tsingy. Looks sharp, though!
National Geographic had an article on this in 2009: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/11/stone-forest/shea-text
Wow, cool……..
@Jared: Hi Jared. Could you give us a clue when you are going to post WOGE#280 ? Thanks a lot.
Felix — I’ll put it online tomorrow morning at 8am Universal time.
Thank you Callan