GoogleEarthing #143
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.
Ripley’s Believe It or Not: 4 of 9
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Solved by: John
Location: Caesarea Philippi/Banias, Golan Heights
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October 8th, 2010 at 8:44 pm
It’s the Thanksgiving long weekend here in Canada, so an added clue. But a warning to the guys out there as you read the clue: you may never look at your toilet in quite the same way again. As always, beware of rusty fish.
February 19th, 2011 at 6:33 pm
There’s something called the “Book of Revelation of St John the Divine” I wonder if maybe that possibly has something to do with the location?
That’s based on the fact that the link is called ‘mind of John’. The new year entry said “I have FAITH that you will figure these ones out as the theme is DIVINED” and also somewhere it said it will become a “revelation” when more puzzles are solved, the city in another puzzle solved was named after a saint too - St Catherine.
This St John was also known as John of Patmos so I checked out Patmos, parts of Turkey and Israel but nothing exciting there so far.
February 19th, 2011 at 7:35 pm
John, you would not by any chance have brothers called Luke, Matthew and Mark?
Keep going, I firmly believe you are on the right track.
February 20th, 2011 at 1:50 pm
I hadn’t noticed the “mind of John” name for the link. Another co-incidence, yet you are still close… oh, so close.
February 20th, 2011 at 5:38 pm
Looked at places called St John seeing as the other resolution was St Catherine but no luck there, and not any that I know about Adriaan, I’ll have to ask the milkman! Was going to read up about them but think I will just search around Israel for a bit see if I can get lucky.
April 22nd, 2011 at 9:48 am
Happy Easter!
April 25th, 2011 at 1:30 pm
^ that’s a hint, btw
May 29th, 2011 at 3:54 pm
This one is just north west of Ein Kinya, Israel
I’ll just go get the coordinates.
May 29th, 2011 at 4:01 pm
33°14′54.30″N 35°41′56.91″E
Unsure as to what the religious significance of this is however just yet.
May 29th, 2011 at 6:03 pm
Well done, John.
Make sure you’re less than 1.5 km high, and turn on the “Wikipedia” option (Layers –>Primary Database –>More –>Wikipedia). I’m using GoogleEarth 6.0.1.2032
Then research, research, research.
May 30th, 2011 at 9:13 am
Clearly the bigger theme is religion but I’m wondering if there is a more specific motive in all of these puzzles. Well, anyway good job John.
May 30th, 2011 at 1:01 pm
Right I’ll do that now Alan and yeah Xiempie I think there might be although I’m thrown off by that Galapagos puzzle.
May 30th, 2011 at 1:14 pm
Oh is this Mount Hermon? That is what I orignaly searched for when I looked for this but it came up with a place slightly north but Wiki is saying that this picture is of Mount Hermon which would make more sense!
May 30th, 2011 at 5:12 pm
The wikipedia “dot” that appears in the bottom left of this picture is the one to follow.
The bigger theme is in fact just a wee bit bigger than you think, but you’ve got enough to tackle the other unsolved puzzles.