Where On Google Earth?

Thanks to all who gave their opinion in the poll.

There were 17 entries made, 16 of them in favour and one ‘No’. Unfortunately the ‘No’ had no comments, so I don’t know the reasoning behind it. It could be very valid, but it was not given.

But based on the results, it might be worth experimenting with the ‘Wednesday hint’, so let’s try it out in the next contests. My ideas, based on your reactions, are as follows:

• The next contests (except the obvious easy ones) will get a ‘Wednesday hint’.
• The hint will be published on Wednesday 0:00 GMT (UTC)
• Correct answers submitted before the hint, will get 1 bonus point.
• In some contests there will be an extra challenge which will give you an additional point (the former ‘+’)

Please feel free to comment.

This is the point where the Yellow River (or Huang He/Hwang Ho) enters the Bohai Sea.

As the Yellow river is the most sedimented river on earth, the delta is an ever changing piece of wetlands. The Earth Observatory site of Nasa has an interesting set of pictures of the changes in the last 20 years.

Correct answers from:

• Milosh, Serbia +
• hhgygy
• Taliesin
• David Kozina
• Neil
• José Diaz
• Rolando Marín Monge
• Andy M, USA

Milosh, Serbia found it before  the hint was out.

I got some responses about the hint I gave and there are some ‘WOGE hunters’ who think this is a good idea for the future contests.

So I would like to know what you think about the following.

Each Friday a new contest is published and a few days later (Wednesday at 0:00 UTC) there will be a hint, either visual or textual. If you get the answer before the hint is published, you’ll earn an additional point.
So two points if you submit your answer before wednesday 0:00 UTC, if you submit your answer after the hint is published, you’ll get one point.

I would like to know what you think of this idea. Should I introduce the half-week hint?
Please let me know by filling in this form.

You can also leave a comment either in the form or in the comments section of this post.

Thanks,

Karel

I wanted to start this new series not too easy, but I realize I might have overdone that.

So here it is again but now a bit zoomed out.

This weeks contest was to celebrate that last week the Amsterdam Canal Ring Area was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. The canal rings were constructed at the 16th and 17th century.

The particular area on which the contest was zoomed in, is known as De Gouden Bocht (The Golden Bend) and is one of the most prestigious parts of the area.

A lot of good answers and a lot of plusses for those who knew the nickname.

• hhgygy +
• Pascal Gilbraith +
• Milosh, Serbia
• Dennis S.
• Ben
• Natalie Stockard
• David Kozina +
• KD
• Dylan Baker
• Michael Kennedy
• ACG
• Meladi
• Kate +
• BroderUlf +
• David S +
• Paul Franson +
• charlie my boy
• Ivar Bonsaksen +
• Andy M, USA +
• Blue Marble Safari (Nick) +
• John Honeywell +
• Sanghoon Han +
• lardarz
• Sarah G +
• alyca +
• Max_Power
• Andy Murdock
• Michael T +
• Willem
• Neil +
• ej +
• Taliesin +

And at the end of this series, both Taliesin and Milosh from Serbia scored 10/10, but Taliesin beat Milosh on the plusses. Cheers!

The extra challenge this week: Do you know the nickname of this exact location?

Surtsey was created during a volcanic eruption which lasted from 1963 to 1967. In 2008 it was admitted to the UNESCO World Heritage List.

There is no human activity on the island, only a small number of scientists are allowed to enter and a lighthouse, a small hut and a webcam are the only signs of human activity.

Those who witnessed the birth of this island:

• Paul Franson
• David Kozina
• Andy Murdock
• Milosh, Serbia
• hhgygy
• Taliesin
• BroderUlf
• Michael Kennedy
• Max_Power

The Gebel Kamil Crater is one of the most recent impact craters found on Earth (about 5000 years old). It was first discovered by scientists of the university of Sienna (Italy) who were scanning Google Earth at a low orbit and confirmed by expeditions in 2009 and this year. The crater is located at 22.018333, 26.0877

The scientific paper was published on July 22, so I thought it might make a nice challenge before the news would hit the mainstream media, but news travels fast nowadays: only a few hours after I put up the contest, Wired ran an article about this crater and so did National Geographic. The meteorite who caused the crater is listed here.

Correct answers (a ‘+’ for those who came up with  the correct crater name)

• Pascal Gilbraith
• hhgygy +
• Taliesin +
• Dennis S. +
• Milosh, Serbia
• Skip +
• David S +
• Andy Murdock +
• Exsanguinator
• David Kozina
• Sarah G +
• Paul Franson +
• Graham Foxall
• Ben Bayer
• Willem
• Andy M, USA +
• BroderUlf +