GoogleEarthing #122
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.
Hint: strangely there is nothing like this near Girona or Palo Alto.
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Solved by: Alan
Location: Cap’ Découverte Leisure and Adventure Park, Midi-Pyrénées, France
44 01 15 N, 02 08 39 E
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February 12th, 2010 at 6:44 pm
No solution yet, but I like this puzzle.
Is it a reservoir on a mountain water in an old pit mine? And if it’s the latter, who had the crazy idea to convert it into a fun park with slides, a beach, a chairlift and what looks like mountain bike downhill parcour and a wide grassy lane for something else?
February 12th, 2010 at 11:34 pm
It has certainly had me spinning around trying to decipher the clues.
February 13th, 2010 at 7:16 am
I liked the shape of it. With Valentinesday around the corner …
February 13th, 2010 at 9:54 am
… and yet it doesn’t appear in any of the “heart collections” on youtube/GEHacks/Gearthblog etc. Dammit, will have to find it the old fashioned way….
March 23rd, 2010 at 7:19 am
Hmmm, Girona is in Catalonia. Palo Alto is in California. Beyond that, I got nothing.
March 23rd, 2010 at 8:00 am
Girona and Palo Alto are connected through this place…
March 23rd, 2010 at 9:44 am
Cap’Découverte (the words in the pic!)
81450 LE GARRIC
France
About 10 km north of Albi, France (twin city to both Girona and Palo Alto)
I don’t have GoogleEarth access, but I found it via GoogleMaps! I can give co-ordinates this evening when I get home.
I really thought this would be in North America, or maybe (for some odd reason) in former Yugoslavia.
Alan
March 23rd, 2010 at 12:01 pm
Nice one Alan. I searched most of the south coast of France but never came this far inland. Should have paid attention to the clue here. A quick wikipedia of the two places, and Albi is obvious…..
March 23rd, 2010 at 1:08 pm
Well done Alan.
I’ll give the co-ordinates: 44 01 15 N, 02 08 39 E