AWAA #63
Around the World with A&A (AWAA) is a new GoogleEarthing contest (see rules page), encompassing 80 puzzles. Enter your answer in the comments, and move on to the next puzzle. When all the puzzles have been completed, the person with the most correct answers will be the winner.
Instructions:
Use Google Earth to find the image below somewhere on the face of the Earth. When you find it, tell us using the comment feature. And send an email to info@googleearthing.com so we can contact you.
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Puzzle Solved by: Brad
Elapsed Time: 23 days 19 hr 49 min
Location: between the Ob River and Omsk, Russia
Instructions:
Use Google Earth to find the image below somewhere on the face of the Earth. When you find it, tell us using the comment feature. And send an email to info@googleearthing.com so we can contact you.
Elapsed Time: 23 days 19 hr 49 min
Location: between the Ob River and Omsk, Russia
posted by Alan at 3/07/2006 08:36:00 PM
11 Comments:
A hint here would be rushing things.
Adriaan
O Be patient!
Adriaan
Don't be too critical of this one, dissidents will be banned ...
Adriaan
Obviously obtuse, this obsessive observer objects!!
Take that famous express-train out of here!
Adriaan
The clues all point to one place - I just can't find it. Apparently, I'm better at clues than searching.
Russia - That was the easy part. Near Omsk.
60.55.17.17 N, 74.53.42.11 E
If you zoom in on the curve, there is a vehicle on the road.
Actually 406 miles north of Omsk.
In those regions, that is near Omsk.
Adriaan
Almost forgot the clue-clarification:
- the first one I borrowed from Brad, it's the same he used for #28-e : rushing points towards Russia.
- the second one "O Be patient" was ment to lead you to the river Ob. Alan did a subtle repeat of this hint a few days later.
- the one about dissidents being banned was a reference to Siberia, as was teh last one: Trans Siberia Express.
Adriaan
The rushing thing sent me to Russia right away, but as we all know, it's a bit big.
Dissidents said Siberia, and Alan's "O" clue got me searching for cities in Siberia that start with "O".
Then I just had to find some hi-res area - I just didn't expect it to be that far away. But then, the clue had nothing to do with Omsk.
(Omsk is closer to Dushanbe, Tajikistan - 3 countries away - than it is to Moscow.)
Brad
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