Contest #130 answer: Avebury, United Kingdom

Avebury is one of the largest Neolithic sites in Europe. It is co-listed with Stonehenge as a UNESCO World Heritage site and dates from about 3000 BC.

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The outer circle is 421 metres in diameter and has 98 stones.

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I personally like it better than Stonehenge because of its accessibility.

Those who gathered for the Equinox:

  • hhgygy
  • Bunarooba
  • Sarah G.
  • Broder_Ulf
  • David Kozina
  • Milosh, Serbia
  • Exsanguinator
  • Chev
  • Eldric Reynolds
  • John at Dreamwidth
  • ACG
  • lardarz
  • Max_Power
  • Aaron Predeek
  • Ivar Bonsaksen
  • Jan_Vergouwe
  • Andy McConnell

This end the current series and we have four contestants with full marks!

Kudos to David Kozina, Ivar Bonsaksen, Max_Power and Milosh from Serbia.

I’ll reset the leaderbord and start the next series.

Contest #129 answer: Concepción, Chile

Although the recent earthquake in Chile was about 800 times stronger than in Haiti, there was a surprisingly modest amount of damage and victims involved.

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As a result of the earthquake, the city of Concepción moved entirely about 3 metres to the West. (that is 10 feet for those living in Liberia, Myanmar and the United States)

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Correct answers from:

  • Doc Will
  • hhgygy
  • Milosh, Serbia
  • Ivar Bonsaksen
  • David Kozina
  • Exsanguinator
  • Willem
  • Sarah G.
  • Max_Power
  • Enrique
  • Aaron Predeek
  • Andy McConnell

Contest #127 answer: Olympia, Greece

The Winter Olympic games have ended, but this is where it al begun: Olympia, Greece.

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This is the site of the classic Olympic games with the restored stadium still clearly visible. In this stadium the Olympic torch is ignited by sunlight which reflect through a parabolic mirror and is transported to the actual site of the  modern Olympic games.

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Those who ignited the torch:

  • hhgygy
  • Aaron Predeek
  • Sarah G.
  • Milosh, Serbia
  • David Kozina
  • Ivar Bonsaksen
  • Malcolm
  • Dennis S.