Where on (Google)Earth #9?

2007 April 25
by BrianR

Beautiful!

Good luck.

from → Where on (Google)Earth?

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  1. 2007 April 26
    Chuck permalink

    Is that bluish thing in the middle a salt glacier? If so, I’ll guess that this is in the zargos mountains of Iran. Assuming you haven’t worked out rotations yet, I’ll say the eastern part.

    Have you had a look at where in the galaxy?
    check out the picture and last paragraph here:
    http://lablemminglounge.blogspot.com/2007/04/possible-terrestrial-planet-around.html

  2. 2007 April 26
    Brian permalink

    that’s a pretty good guess…but, no, it’s not the Zagros Mts…

    thanks for the link, i’ll check it out

  3. 2007 April 26
    Ron Schott permalink

    Took me three continents before I found it… best clue (besides the geology) was the lack of patchwork satellite overlays. Looks like a structural geologist’s paradise.

  4. 2007 April 26
    Brian permalink

    yep…that’s it…Ron takes it again!

  5. 2007 April 27
    Chuck permalink

    Any idea how old the sediments in that photo are (I assume the deformation is Pennsylvanian/Permian Pangea-related- but it could be mediterranian, I suppose)?

  6. 2007 April 27
    Brian permalink

    I actually don’t know too much about the geology here…

    It is in an area of Algeria called the Saharan Atlas Range (considered a subrange of the Atlas Mts).

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