GoogleEarthing #127
Can you see the forest for the trees? #3
Hint #1: Consider my comments.
Hint #2: Really now, listen to what I wrote.
Hint #3: Take care that you don’t get lost in the songlands.
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.
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Solved by: Kenwyn
Location: Yalguba, Karelia, Russia
61′52′40 N 34′36′10 E
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March 3rd, 2010 at 10:31 am
Is “Russia” enough, or do I have to narrow it down a bit?
March 3rd, 2010 at 11:28 am
I was hoping for a little more effort!
I have many mixed feelings about Russia in relation to this game. Might as well spread them around.
March 26th, 2010 at 5:27 am
I think I will pass on this one. Just haven’t the strenght to search those dozens, if not hundreds, of areas again that I searched while looking for #100 ….
April 2nd, 2010 at 9:59 am
“I think I will pass on this one.”
Are you saying that you’re finished?
April 11th, 2010 at 2:07 pm
Been searching Finland, nothing yet…
April 11th, 2010 at 7:55 pm
Quick grammar lesson: don’t confuse the modifier for the subject.
May 3rd, 2010 at 6:51 pm
Is it Teamwood OU logging in Nuri, Russia?
May 4th, 2010 at 5:42 am
Might be way off here but I found similar areas in Estonia and the clues led me to beleive this place maybe near a concentration camp?!? Wish I had more time to look!
May 4th, 2010 at 8:03 am
Gotrees: I tried googling “Nuri” (Google is my friend) but couldn’t find a place with that name, so I can’t confirm that detail. But like Kenwyn, you are on a warmish trail.
John: your trail is cold.
The third clue, when properly searched for (remember who your friend is) will be highly instructive.
May 4th, 2010 at 8:41 am
YES!
61′52′40 N 34′36′10 E
It is in Russia, but an area called Karelia. (I believe a territory once disputed between Finland and Russia).
Clue refers to “A Wedding in the Karelian Songlands” (apparently a Finnish classic, although not currently in my DVD collection!)
May 4th, 2010 at 1:25 pm
I still would like an extensive explanation of the hints, since they’ve given me quite some headaches
May 4th, 2010 at 1:33 pm
Me too. Other than the fact that it was Geocentre consulting, and Alan said “finished” (Finnish?) I was a bit clueless until a bit of Googling on songlands narrowed it down.
Of course your clues for 131 and 132 will be much clearer, WON’T THEY!?!
May 4th, 2010 at 3:43 pm
To be honest; I haven’t even started to think about clues for those… Even though I accept that they may be needed to generate some more interest in this site, I’m still a bit of a purist. Deep down I feel that GE-puzzles should be found by nothing else than searching every nook and cranny of the earth. But that would probably leave only you, Adrian, Alan and me … I think we have to work towards a mix of puzzles with different grades of difficulty, some with clues (after a few weeks, months).
May 4th, 2010 at 6:29 pm
“I still would like an extensive explanation of the hints, since they’ve given me quite some headaches :-)”
Kenwyn: “Russia”
Alan: “I hate Russian puzzles, might as well share the feeling” –> somewhere in Russia
Adriaan: “Too exhausted from searching all over Russia for #100″
Alan: “Finished?” –> added hint based on wordplay
Adriaan: “Searching Finland”
Alan: “Subject = Russia; modifier = Finland” –> NW Russia
Hint #1 & #2 refer to these exchanges
– not much action on the solving front –
Alan: reading up on Karelia on Wikipedia, find a reference to the Finnish tradition of calling Karelia “the songlands”, hence a further clue.
I always google my clues to determine how close/far they bring you to the solution. Too close/far, and I don’t use that clue.
I hope you’re feeling better.
May 4th, 2010 at 6:59 pm
To show how the human (well: my) mind works: I combined “listen to what I wrote” and “songlands” and got ’songtexts’, ‘lyrics’ and, at last, ‘carols’. That lead me to Karelia…..
May 4th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
I haven’t laughed that hard in a long time!!!!
Amazing!
May 7th, 2010 at 9:59 pm
I was way off. When I said Teamwood OU Logging in Nuri Russia, I actually meant:
Teamwood Logging:
Sepa 18, Sonda
43001 Ida-Virumaa, Eesti
434 6611
But I was still very wrong.
May 8th, 2010 at 9:12 am
Ah, Gotrees, you may have been wrong, but you were thinking! That’s always a good thing.
Now you can concentrate on Adriaan’s island hopping.