onsdag 22. mars 2017

Where on Google Earth #595

WoGE has been slow lately, so I waited a bit after I realised that Felix' WoGE #594 had to be in Madagascar.


This one is not:





As always, the first person to post the position and whatever is interesting about the geology/hydrology/geowhatever in this location, wins the privilege of hosting the next WoGE.

Previous WoGEs are collected by Felix on 
his blog and a KML file.

onsdag 1. februar 2017

Where on Google Earth #593

Felix presented an interesting puzzle this time with his WoGE #592 which turned out to be the Stone Forest of Shilin.

This one is not quite as puzzling:



Update: With three weeks of fruitless searchinmg it is time to show a larger piece of the middle of nowhere:




As always, the first person to post the position and whatever is interesting about the geology/hydrology/geowhatever in this location, wins the privilege of hosting the next WoGE.

Previous WoGEs are collected by Felix on 
his blog and a KML file.

fredag 13. januar 2017

Where on Google Earth #591

Finding Felix' WoGE #590 was not as hard as it looked, once I decided it must be in the lower reaches of Himalaya. Then it was just a matter of finding the reports about a large and interesting landslide in recent years.


This one will be a little harder, so I will give THREE pictures instead of one. 


First, the area:




Next, the detail I'm after:



And third, another example of the same phenomenon from the  same region:




It is possible that you will have to guess at what this is to be able to search for documentation, so I will give a hint right at the start: These veins are NOT volcanic.



As always, the first person to post the position and whatever is interesting about the geology/hydrology/geowhatever in this location, wins the privilege of hosting the next WoGE.

Previous WoGEs are collected by Felix on 
his blog and a KML file.