WoGE #456

Luis' WoGE #455 seemed difficult at first, until I realised that the horizontal layers might be volcaniclastics.


So following that thought, here's a volcanic WoGE:

Location, name and date please!

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Hint #3: This is the same, continuation to the southwest.

WoGE #454

A preemptive posting this time, since although I solved Luis' WoGE #453 by accidentally looking at Dek Island in Tana Lake, Ethiopia, he hasn't confirmed it yet. But weekend starts very soon, and I expect to be very busy next week, so here it is:

I will only add that I have no idea how that thing ended up where it is!

A week later, a hint seems to be needed!

This is the same thing, looking due east:

Unlike glaciers, these things do not have a habit of forming on mountain tops.

Another week, another hint:

This is outside the area shown in the first two, but should at least get you to the correct continent.


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WoGE #452

I came back from summer vacation and found Felix' WoGE #451 relatively quickly. I was looking in the wrong hemisphere for a short while, until I managed to get all the visual clues to fit together. Then it became obvious that it had to be New Zealand. :)


This WoGE contains something geologic inside something geologic. If you find one, it should be easy to find out what the other one is, and what is so special about the smallest feature.

Desert again... ;)



I invoke the Schott Rule again for this, since one feature only occurs in a limited area.

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WoGE #449

Yet again I solved one of Luis' WoGEs.

Extremely high relief, little large-scale lithological variation and especially no consistent sedimentary structures, together with very variable resistance to erosion led me to look for an extinct volcanic island - I had my summer vacation on La Gomera a few years ago, and that is a typical example. This time it was Madeira, which is definitely on my holiday list. ;)

This place however is NOT on that list:

This one should be easy, so I invoke the Schott Rule.

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Intermezzo

I have been a bit busy lately so I haven't had time to search for WoGEs. But I came across THIS today, which I would like to share. It seems I can't embed it here, so you will have to follow the link.

Enjoy!

WoGE #444

My turn again?

Luis' WoGE #443 seemed very familiar, I was sure I had come across it somewhere. It took me a while to remember where, and then I found the very obvious Waw-an-Namus volcano in Libya. Zooming in on the crater removed most of the desert references, which made it a bit more difficult. :)


For WoGE #444, I decided to stay with the desert theme:

 

Where and what is it? And is there really any correct information on the geology to be found?
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WoGE #441

It's my turn again, after finding Kubilay's Aurora Crater.
That one took me longer than it should, the geology and vegetation pattern led me almost directly to the right spot once I started looking: Scattered deciduous forest, light dusting of snow on north slopes, seemingly semi-arid climate, and volcanism: Nevada, near the border with California. Mono Lake is not far from here, and that area has almost exactly the same features.


So here's a new one - and it's a single dune. :)

Yes, it's a small area. And there is a good reason for that. Have fun!



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