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Contest #387: Mount Roraima, Venezuela/Guyana/Brazil

At the triple point where southeast Venezuela meets Guyana and Brazil is Mount Roraima, a flat topped tepui.

The tabletop mountains in this part of the world are considered some of the oldest geological formations on Earth, dating back to some two billion years ago in the Precambrian.

The indigenous population of the area see Mount Roraima as a tree stump of the tree that once held all the fruit in the world.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s book, The Lost World, is said to be based on the adventures of European explorers to the area.

The list of intrepid explorers who found the Lost World:

  • Lighthouse
  • Eloy Cano
  • hhgygy
  • Walter_V_R
  • Phil Ower
  • steve willis
  • Paul Voestermans
  • Ashwini Agrawal
  • Garfield
  • Chris Nason
  • Marcel
  • krenek
  • Felix Bossert
  • rob de wolff
  • Charley Seavey
  • mehmet durmus

And those who needed a hint:

  • hèro
  • GINGER
  • Marisa Boraas
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Contest #384: Sanliurfa hippodrome, Turkey

This week was more of a challenge – with only 3 getting the full 2 points by finding the Sanliurfa hippodrome prior to the hint.

The hippodrome in Sanliurfa/Urfa is one of eight hippodromes around the country owned and operated by the Jockey Club of Turkey.

Horse racing is hugely popular in Turkey, second only to soccer. Races are run in one or more of its eight hippodromes every day, adding up to 617 racing days last year, with all of them broadcast live on two dedicated television channels, radio and online.

Those who found this Turkish Delight-ful spot before the hint:

  • Lighthouse
  • Garfield
  • Phil Ower

And those that ran with the horses and the hint:

  • Eloy Cano
  • Mehmet Durmus
  • Charley Seavey
  • Luís Filipe Miguel
  • Marcel
  • hhgygy
  • krenek
  • Walter_V_R
  • steve willis
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Contest #381: Zilker Park, Austin, Texas, US

This contest started with a podcast from 99% Invisible on the moontowers in Austin, Texas.

http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/under-the-moonlight/

This led me to look for one in Google Earth, which I found in Zilker Park.

Those who found the location without the need of artificial moonlight:

  • hhgygy
  • Walter_V_R
  • Lighthouse
  • steve willis
  • Paul Voestermans
  • Garfield
  • Luís Filipe Miguel
  • Sasha Smith
  • Ann K.
  • Eloy Cano
  • Phil Ower
  • Charley Seavey
  • mehmet durmus
  • krenek
  • steven simmons
  • Bill Close

And those that took the hint and ran into the moonlight with it:

  • Titou Pink Rider