Saturday, June 05, 2010

Where In The World?

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UPDATE: Congrats to BVBigBro!  This is Avery Island, the home of glorious Tabasco sauce.  Yummy…

(8) Comments
Posted by Owen at 2103 hrs
Off-Duty + Fun With Maps

  1. It’s clearly a meteoric or asteroidal impact crater.  It resembles the “ring lake” crater in the Congo.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8526093.stm

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on June 06, 2010 at 1514 hrs


  2. Perhaps, but that’s not why this place is important.  Look at the buildings to try to judge scale.  Also, I’m glad you pointed out the Congo.  There are a limited number of places on earth with this kind of vegetation.

    Posted by Owen on June 06, 2010 at 1531 hrs


  3. Not a crater, I think, but a hill surrounded by swamp.  Note that the agriculture and trees are in the circle.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on June 06, 2010 at 1913 hrs


  4. manicouagan reservoir, quebec, canada

    Posted by GAMazy on June 06, 2010 at 2249 hrs


  5. Artillery, Tynemouth, UK

    Posted by GAMazy on June 06, 2010 at 2256 hrs


  6. Avery Island.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on June 06, 2010 at 2336 hrs


  7. So it is!  Avery Island, Louisiana, the home of Tabasco Sauce!  It is clearly the same spot when seen in Google Earth.  But I still suspect that it is some sort of impact crater.

    Give BVBigBro the prize!  (Ummm…  there IS a prize, isn’t there?)

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on June 06, 2010 at 2347 hrs


  8. Yes!  Updated the post.

    Posted by Owen on June 07, 2010 at 0521 hrs


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