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Péter Luffi > WoGE #163 I won Ron's genuine Valentine's Day present offered to the WoGE community, the Heart Mountain in Wyoming. Now it's my turn to post another WoGE puzzle, and after shortly scratching my head, I decided to come up with this image. I'm wondering who'll be the first to locate it and say something meaningful about its geology. Enjoy another restriction-free run, folks!
Péter Luffi > WoGE #161 I won Silver Fox's WoGE #160, which was a good opportunity to learn a bit more about the Precambrian history of the southern margin of the Superior Craton. Now it's my turn to come up with something WoGE-worthy. I've picked this green view in the hope that it's hard enough to no require invoking the Schott rule. Let's see if choosing to offer another free run was a mistake :-) As usual in this game, to win, you must be the first to locate the spot (lat. / long.) AND say something geologically meaningful about it.
Péter Luffi > WoGE #159 It was easy for me to locate the spot chosen by Silver Fox for his WoGE #158, a snapshot of the Far Northern Rockies in British Columbia, but figuring out something geologically relevant about it took quite some research time. Now here we go with the next challenge: to win, one must be the first to locate this view (lat. / long.) AND describe it in geological terms. No handicapping rules this time, just enjoy the free competition!
Péter Luffi > WoGE #155 WoGE #154 focused on the GSSP type locality for the K/T boundary, located within the Haria formation of the northern Tunisian Atlas. I found it, so here we go again. Be the first to locate AND give relevant geological description of this spot, and you'll have the privilege to post the next WoGE. This is a free run, hope not to easy for the pros.
Péter Luffi > WoGE #151 Silver Fox's WoGE #150 featured the famous Whipple Mountains metamorphic core complex in SE California. Following my... well, call it gut feeling, turned out to be a successful strategy this time: looking for detachment, in the very geological sense, proved to be really helpful - I found the spot in less than 30 minutes :-) From that point on, counting my Schott-handicap hours was pretty annoying but, lucky of me, nobody appeared to really rush for this win (Ron is still way ahead of me, he piled up so many wins that, as long as the Schott rule applies, he doesn't really count here). OK, it's my turn again (love it!). This time I've decided to come up with something quite peculiar. If you know what you see, it won't be too hard locating it. If not, well, you'll have some research to do, but keep up, it's worth trying! To win, one must locate AND explain the geological highlight(s) in this picture before anybody else (don't give away the location if you're not sure what you see; you'll just help someone else to win). No damn handicapping rules apply for this run. Have fun!
Péter Luffi > WoGE #148 WoGE #147 posted by Arvesse was Kilbourne Hole in the southern Rio Grande rift. Lucky of me, I found it before anyone else, so it's my turn again. I expect the winner to locate this spot and describe in few words what's going on here. Since I don't want anyone getting bored, this one will be a restriction-free run.
Péter Luffi > WoGE #146 ACG's WoGE #145 featured the Natural Bridges National Monument in southeastern Utah. I was lucky to find it quickly, so here we go again. This picture is quite simple; besides providing the location, there's an obvious major geological feature that must be named and shortly described. I think this one may be too simple for WoGE experts, so I'll invoke the Schott rule again (previous winners must wait one hour for each of their wins). Posting time is Oct. 13, 18:50 UTC.
Péter Luffi > WoGE #144 EffJot's WoGE #143, just like his WoGE #141 belong to a type of puzzle I actually like in spite of their crazy zoom-in: they have a story behind the scene. So, once you have an idea what's featured, it's quite fun looking up information on the web. Now it's my turn, but I won't try to compete with EffJot in finding a story-rich spot. Instead I just pick one of the images I grabbed some time ago, while trying to solve previous WoGE challenges. Hope this will be easy (I actually never thought that my previous puzzle will last so long; I don't exactly know how many people tried their luck, all I'm sure is that there were more than 5, and that they managed >1200 hits.) Although I hate discriminating experienced WoGE folks, since this one is quite easy, and I hope some newbies are keen for a win, this time I'll exceptionally invoke the Schott rule (previous winners have to wait one hour for each of their previous WoGE wins). In addition to this, in order to keep the game geology-oriented, if there's no major objection in the community, I won't accept answers without some relevant geological description. That is, to win, one MUST provide some information that is beyond the obvious/visible. With other words, if you give only the location and nothing more than first order geological observations (e.g. "this is a fold/fault"), you risk to ease the win of someone who is willing/able to add some chips of behind-the-scene earth science, too. Posting time is Oct 11, 21:10 UTC
Péter Luffi > WoGE #142 EffJot's WoGE #141 certainly was my toughest win so far; without the last hints that instantly turned on a light called "Kupferschiefer" in my mind, I certainly wouldn't even try to restart searching after giving up two weeks of hopeless navigation above the endless croplands of Germany. OK, now's my turn, here comes the next challenge. Locate this spot, provide some relevant geological description, and the next WoGE may be yours!
WoGE #163

I won Ron's genuine Valentine's Day present offered to the WoGE community, the Heart Mountain in Wyoming. Now it's my turn to post another WoGE puzzle, and after shortly scratching my head, I decided to come up with this image. I'm wondering who'll be the first to locate it and say something meaningful about its geology. Enjoy another restriction-free run, folks!
> WoGE #163 I won Ron's genuine Valentine's Day present offered to the WoGE community, the Heart Mountain in Wyoming. Now it's my turn to post another WoGE puzzle, and after shortly scratching my head, I decided to come up with this image. I'm wondering who'll be the first to locate it and say something meaningful about its geology. Enjoy another restriction-free run, folks!
WoGE #163

I won Ron's genuine Valentine's Day present offered to the WoGE community, the Heart Mountain in Wyoming. Now it's my turn to post another WoGE puzzle, and after shortly scratching my head, I decided to come up with this image. I'm wondering who'll be the first to locate it and say something meaningful about its geology. Enjoy another restriction-free run, folks!
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