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WOGE #404

After a (big) help from Google I manage to find the "Complejo Minero Fabril de Sierra Pintada", an uranium mine near San Rafael, Argentina, Ole's challenge!Well, #404 now! Forthis new challenge...

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WoGE #407

After (almost) giving up (thinking in the million Pacific islands) of #406 I noticed the small island in the lake on an island (in the lake on an island in the ocean) and remembered - Islandception....

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#420

Well, after the (surprinsingly) quick discovery of Mathews'WoGE#419(and the association with the breeding migration of the local Black Land Crabs - that's my biology side talking) here's the next...

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#428

The Matthew's #426 was a tough and exciting, but fruitless game. The fruits appeared later in Ole's #427 because of all the well detached mountains I've tried, some remained in my visual memory, such...

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#431

All the time I've spent searching WoGEs and new spots, paid off, again - it wasn't the southern Cuba, but was near enough to be found in an hour or so! :)Well, water it was, water it will be:Forthis...

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#433

Ole's #432 was a Chinese mine in a desert scenery where Rare Earth Elements are abundant. The specificity ofmine was the main reason to be found in a relatively easy way, IMHO.Now, away from the...

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#438

After a few WoGE where my stubbornness send me way off (see WoGE #406), this time it send me (almost) directly to the spot - the 1256 volcanic eruption basalts east of the Medina's holy city!Now, my...

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#443

Kubilay's South-Korean volcano was a refreshing approach after some WoGE-disappointments (I couldn't even find out the hemisphere in one of them)!Ok, here's #443:#440 reminded me of this (also) happy...

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#446

When I saw Kubi's #445 I immediately recognized the site - I've "been" here! - I just did not know where it was ... After exploring the picture (it was a mine), I remembered! The terrible Soma mine...

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#448

The iguaçu waterfalls was Ron's challenge was, to me, one of those whoturned out to beeasy dueto this list. On the other hand, this is one thatI lookandgave up almostimmediately:So, your goal is to...

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#450

The cold Wrangel Island was Ole's last challenge - I knew it wasn't Norway, but I had to certify it! I searched in Sweden, Finland, Iceland and then ... time ended. After the hint, I started looking...

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#453

A makhtesh, the Makhtesh Ramon in the Israeli Negev desert, was Ole's challenge, which, in my first thoughts, should be an African one. Well, it wasn't but ... lucky me, was right next door :)After a...

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#455

At an offline vacation, Ihadlittle timeavailable and only Ole's hint made ​​me think of"Nazca"andshortly afterwardsappearedthe dune. Luckly (I'm sure) nobody had the time to look near Nazca, cause it...

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#457

Well ... after a (near-)month of inactivity, WoGE is back! :)I searched in the East African rift north area for some time (wrong continent, again) until, one day, I remember the icelandic eruptions and...

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#472

After some bad decisions in some of previous WoGE, my logic (a non-geologist one) paid off! :)Now, keeping the snow, let's head to #472:To me, this would be hard, almost impossible, but to Ole, 24...

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#480

The Germany-Norway ping-pong game was going fast (don't ask me who was winning) but the Laach Lake was the last "hit". This next spot isn't in Germany and, obviously, neither in Norway and even though...

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#486

The Deccan Traps are in my imaginary long ago since I knew it was one of the largest volcanic features in the world - it didn't take much to find an area that I (sattellite-)know fairly well ...Next...

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#502

Triple Divide Peak was Andrew´s challenge - a place I have "visited" and very close to one of my WoGE candidates (one that I think I have to drop...).Now let´s go to 502: it has the advantage of...

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#505

Matthew's WoGE was, I confess, a geographical rather than a geological one. Nothing in the picture pointed to volcanic features, but hey ... all that green and that lake shoreline made me search Africa...

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#508

Ole's (kind of) tip in the last WoGe made me forget America and Europe - so I started, very loosely and about 100km high, around 60ºE (near Uzbekistan) and go East, not following the Silk Road :)Lucky...

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#517

After a "not really green" scenery, brought to us by Ole, comes a "can't be greener" landscape for our Woge #517!Here it is:As usual, your goal is to find out the exact location and the geology of this...

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#527

Ole's Sea Way was a nice spot and I take advantage of a blue hint to narrow the region, although I spent a lot of time in the nearby Japan!Now: no houses, no blue roofs, (almost) no vegetation, ......

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#530

Quake Lake was Andrew's challenge - the second landslide lake in a row brought me the similar looks that make me search first in Canada (I wonder why ...) and then in USA - a...

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#581

Ole´s Messum Crater survived nearly a month - maybe's everyone busy like me - but his hint pointed to something easy to find ...Well, let's see now how this goes ...As usual, your goal is to find out...

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#585

The beautiful pamukkale was Kubilay's challenge to us, in his WoGE #584. This was a place I only knew in photos, (although I knew it was somewhere in Turkey). The place to start the search would...

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