Annotated "Where On Google Earth?"
The favorite pastime of the geoblogosphere appears to be "Where On Google Earth?" (example 1, example 2, example 3) ...Who am I to buck such a trend? But I've also gotta give it my own spin: so I hereby introduce Annotated "Where On Google Earth?" The difference is that in my version, the game gives you a chance to learn something new about me (via the annotations) while exploring some cool places.
Here are your clues: (A) West of this line is a major Mesozoic batholith. Location (B) is a peninsula where I camped for a week and a half. (C) is a dam which produced the lake that the image is centered on. (D) shows a prominent shadow below a cliff formed by a Paleogene ("Tertiary") basalt flow.
Since today is my first day of classes for the semester, I'm going to make this a contest. The first of my students to deduce the location of this image by naming the lake and the mountain range that hosts it, will win a GEOLOGY ROCKS sticker. Geoblogospheroids, you can guess too, but my students are allowed to check your answers and then adopt them as their own to win the prize. It's kind of like one of those celebrity game shows, or the weekly bigwig- plays- for- a-random- person- getting- Carl- Kasell- on- their- home- answering- machine dealio on "Wait, Wait: Don't Tell Me!" The contest is open... see some of you in class in a few hours!
Here are your clues: (A) West of this line is a major Mesozoic batholith. Location (B) is a peninsula where I camped for a week and a half. (C) is a dam which produced the lake that the image is centered on. (D) shows a prominent shadow below a cliff formed by a Paleogene ("Tertiary") basalt flow.
Since today is my first day of classes for the semester, I'm going to make this a contest. The first of my students to deduce the location of this image by naming the lake and the mountain range that hosts it, will win a GEOLOGY ROCKS sticker. Geoblogospheroids, you can guess too, but my students are allowed to check your answers and then adopt them as their own to win the prize. It's kind of like one of those celebrity game shows, or the weekly bigwig- plays- for- a-random- person- getting- Carl- Kasell- on- their- home- answering- machine dealio on "Wait, Wait: Don't Tell Me!" The contest is open... see some of you in class in a few hours!
3 Comments:
The mountain range is the Sierra Nevada and the lake you were at is Gem Lake.
-DK
You got it Dave! Congratulations!
Dang! I loved Gem Lake when I hiked through there 30 years ago (Ohmigod, am I that old?), and I should have recognized it right away. I hiked the Muir trail just out of high school, and just before my first geology class. I hiked in such ignorance, and have longed to do it again with geological eyes, and a good digital camera. Thanks for the challenge.
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