GoogleEarthing #100
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.
Solved by: Adriaan
Location: Roughly 48 miles west of Moscow, Russia
55 31 19 N, 36 26 44 E
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January 6th, 2007 at 5:39 pm
for me, it smells like a small village in russia.
January 7th, 2007 at 5:58 am
Maybe Southafrica ¿ fammeur?
January 7th, 2007 at 6:22 am
Cannot be SouthAfrica, I rectify. The shadow point at the north so it must be in the North hemisphery. It,s flat , wet, and not car neither asphalt pavimnemmet so must be or a poor zone otherwise farming ommunity. By other hand the roofs do not have the tipic acute angle of the heavy snowfall area. No puede ser Sudáfrica ya que la sompra apunta al norte. Es llano, humedo unque parece pobre por la falta de autos y de terreno sin asfaltar, o debe de tratarse de una zona rural. No debe de nevar mucho por las formas de los tejados.
January 7th, 2007 at 6:41 am
Correstion. The shadow suggest that the roofs have acute angle. It means heavies snowfalls. And being the shadow so extend without snow (spring , sammer or automn ) it must be in a latitude over the 50º perhaps higher.
January 12th, 2007 at 8:52 am
The shadow’s heading quite exactly north. It is… around noon and the shadow is extremely stratched… northern hemisphere for sure (Skandinavia, Canada, Russia, China etc.)! Even the nature is looking like “thuntra-style”.
January 12th, 2007 at 8:58 am
Something quite close (check the roads, buildings and the vegetation):
67°33′34.23″ N
33°21′12.04″ E
January 12th, 2007 at 9:21 am
That does look quite similar doesn’t it? However, it is not the right area. A hint for all - don’t go as far north as 67 degrees.
Brad
January 12th, 2007 at 9:49 am
Think now it’s getting warmer…
66°35′34.08″ N
59°17′52.97″ E
January 12th, 2007 at 1:27 pm
The roof colours here don’t quite match. You need to find those two copper coloured roofs to make a match.
Brad
April 5th, 2007 at 2:25 am
I’m thinking Alaska. Have found several similar vilages, but can’t pin this one down. Am I getting close?
April 7th, 2007 at 10:54 am
This is not in Alaska.
April 24th, 2007 at 3:01 pm
I’d like to comment, but for the large scale that Earth is, I doubt the credit here would be directed towards me so I’d rather not, given that I do live here and there will be no prize given once commented.
July 13th, 2007 at 9:24 am
i think its from green land…..
July 13th, 2007 at 12:13 pm
Pradyumna - that’s a good guess, but a wrong guess.
Keep trying everyone!
Brad
GoogleEarthing.com
September 9th, 2007 at 2:55 pm
Keep up the great work. It very impressive. Enjoyed the visit!
September 18th, 2007 at 9:46 pm
Alan - the theme of your searching is very good. You’re just not in the right place.
Brad
September 24th, 2007 at 8:20 pm
Not on a Baltic island.
September 26th, 2007 at 7:58 am
Nor a Pacific island.
October 21st, 2007 at 7:34 pm
I’ve been checking the outskirts of Russian cities - about 2 dozen so far. Some tantalizing spots around Moscow and Kazan, but nothing more to report.
October 27th, 2007 at 12:53 pm
For anyone still keeping score, this is NOT in:
Chukotskiy
Koryakskiy
Magadanskaya
Kamchatskaya
All in far NE Russia.
October 27th, 2007 at 7:40 pm
Nor Kareliya (NW Russia)
Nor Finland
October 27th, 2007 at 9:40 pm
Sakha (E.Siberia) - nada
October 28th, 2007 at 1:59 pm
Not even Evenkiyskiy. And no mallarky from Krasnoyarskiy.
October 28th, 2007 at 5:00 pm
Don’t fall for any Tomskaya, Dick, or Harry.
No cameras in Kemerovskaya.
Careful, or you’ll be in deep Khakasiya.
October 28th, 2007 at 5:24 pm
Wouldn’t you know it, Khanty-Mansiyski can’t manage.
October 28th, 2007 at 11:08 pm
Just to be sure, I just checked the location of this image, and it has not changed since it was posted.
Happy searching.
Brad
October 29th, 2007 at 3:32 am
I found some very familiar looking places over here.
53°54′09.95″ N 30°23′24.10″ E
November 4th, 2007 at 4:17 pm
Having guessed that Brad’s comment of 28/10/07 meant that I had missed this one in the places I’d listed, I spent this past week re-checking them all. Though I found a half dozen promising spots (road alignment and roof colours) on the edges of some cities, I haven’t found this one yet.
Unless Brad can give a definitive word, I now assume that I misunderstood his comment and will continue searching elsewhere.
This game is fun, but also frustrating.
PS Nice to see the spambot filter thingy in place.
November 6th, 2007 at 1:55 pm
the co-ordinats above are very similar,
I’m currently scanning north west Russia, if anyone else is also searching then add me on msn if u want!
chiznoz@hotmail.co.uk
November 6th, 2007 at 2:39 pm
I have found alot of similar sites in Russia especially western russia above Moscow.
November 7th, 2007 at 6:40 pm
Well, my survey of Russia continues. Here are the latest Oblasts etc that I’ve searched (feel free to check my work):
Komi
Arkhangel’skaya
Novogorodskaya
Leningradskaya
Sankt-Peterburg
Pskovskaya
Tverskaya
Smolenskaya
Vologodskaya
Are there any other regions that someone would like to declare searched?
I’m obsessing on this one. While I’d obviously like to be the finder, I’ll rejoice with anyone who nails it!
November 7th, 2007 at 7:49 pm
Some easy ones:
Yaroslavskaya
Kostromaskaya
Ivanovskaya
November 8th, 2007 at 1:11 pm
I would really like to be of service here, but I’ve been a bit stupid with this one.
Normally I put a placemark on areas that have been searched (the current record is 134 placemarks for #54, I believe), but I neglected to do that for this puzzle.
So I’ve searched several areas, some maybe more than once, but can’t with certainty say which ones…
November 8th, 2007 at 7:10 pm
Normally I put a placemark on areas that have been searched
How do you do that?
November 9th, 2007 at 12:49 pm
First: go to the centre of the area you want to placemark
Click on “Add” in the menubar
Click on “placemark”
Now you get a menu in which you can give the placemark a name (the number of the puzzle).
I would also recommend to use this menu to make a new folder in which you can put al subsequent placemarks for that particular puzzle.
You can manage your stored placemarks via “Tools” in the menubar. Click on “Left Panel” and/or “Places”. Now you can make the placemarks visible or invisible in Googleearth. Or you can delete them.
Mind you: I’m still using an older version of Googleearth, so it might be a little different in a newer one.
December 4th, 2007 at 1:09 pm
I was thinking… This is the #100 picture, so it is somewhere special to you, BRAD.
Maybe… your house??
December 4th, 2007 at 1:13 pm
And now I have just remember that Alan inspired you, so it’s not your house…
>saludos, felicidades por esta página.
December 4th, 2007 at 3:55 pm
In fact, it is a place I have never been and it means nothing to me except that it is a hard puzzle for all of you!
Brad
December 9th, 2007 at 5:21 am
Hi after looking around russia i thought about latvia or lithuania. Particularly going on color and shadows i found a few interestingly similar villages but have yet to locate the actual picture.
December 12th, 2007 at 6:49 pm
1 year on and are we getting any closer!?
December 15th, 2007 at 2:12 pm
Feel free to check my work…
Unless Brad pipes in with a definitive comment, I’m going to declare that if this image is in Russia, then it is not east of the Ural Mtns.
January 6th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
anyluck on this yet?
April 16th, 2008 at 3:36 am
Hi all…
Just found this site tonight…and I’ve been searching for this puzzle. I think I’m pretty close..and I haven’t seen anyone mention the area I’m in. Hopefully my next post will be the answer. Happy hunting!
November 11th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
This image has not changed since it was originally posted.
Brad
GoogleEarthing.com
November 22nd, 2008 at 10:26 am
Is anyone still searching for this one? The only ex-soviet areas I haven’t checked are most of SW Russia, Ukraine, and parts of Belarus.
November 22nd, 2008 at 11:56 am
I’ve left this one alone for a little while. I keep getting distracted/confused by Brads comment from September 18th, 2007.
November 23rd, 2008 at 3:21 am
“I keep getting distracted/confused by Brads comment from September 18th, 2007.”
My only observation on that is that your previous comment listed mostly islands. Perhaps this is the “theme” that Brad is referring to?
November 23rd, 2008 at 4:53 pm
Believe me; I searched all appropriate islands. I suspect Alan did the same.
November 23rd, 2008 at 8:15 pm
Even some inappropriate islands.
November 23rd, 2008 at 11:04 pm
Anybody considered islands in rivers?
November 23rd, 2008 at 11:09 pm
Ignore my last comment.. it was thought for 92
April 6th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
The last few weeks I dedicated all my (sparse) GoogleEarthing search time to this one. I was unwillingly beginning to think about giving up and accepting that a hint from Brad might be needed. Unwillingly, because I am stubborn enough to see needing help as some kind of defeat (I know, I know, it’s only a game) and because Brad’s ‘hints’ usually only serve to confuse me.
But then, last friday: joy, jubilation, elation, etc tec. There it was:
Roughly 48 miles west of Moskow, Russia
55 31 19 N, 36 26 44 E
April 6th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Adriaan, you are a machine (in the nicest possible way).. Well done once again on this one and on 108. Bravo.
April 8th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
Thank you Kenwyn, though I am now wondering how being a nicest possible machine is like ..
April 14th, 2009 at 2:02 pm
Just drove past a Google Streetview car in Lausanne. Fame at last? Hope he was taking pictures.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
These cars are regularly spotted in The Netherlands as well. Amsterdam (plus surroundings), Rotterdam and Groningen are already ‘online’ in streetview. I ought to carry some kind of GoogleEarthing banner around for when I encounter one of those cars.