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 Published by the American Geological Institute		 Newsmagazine of the Earth Sciences

August 2000
Where on Earth?

Do you have slides and photos you've collected from field work or vacations? Every month, we'd like to feature one of your photos from anywhere in the world and invite other readers to guess where it was taken. Look every month in the print Geotimes for a new photo. Following are clues, answers and winners from past issues.

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For the June issue, the first three readers to identify the location pictured in the current print version of Geotimes received the Glossary of Geology.  The first 10 will received a Where on Earth? T-shirt. Beginning in July, the first two readers will receive a Brunton 8099 EclipseTM compass and the first 10 will still receive a T-shirt. Please note that all contestants are eligible to win one compass per year.

Answers to the July and June photo contests:
Archive of old answers
 

July clues & answer:
 
Clues:

1.  These Pliocene-age formations were deposited along a fracture zone where calcium-enriched groundwater springs discharges in a series of lakes.

2.  The name of this location includes an industrial mineral as does the name of a neighboring town.

3.  Portions of Star Trek V were filmed here, and these deposits also appeared in artwork accompanying Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here album.

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Answer:
The answer is the Trona Pinnacles of the Pinnacles National Monument near Trona, Calif. Photo taken by John Karachewski.

July winners:
Due to the large number of responses we received this month we accepted only the most accurate responses despite the many close answers.

William Smith -- McLean, Va.
Lawrence Guth -- Fitchburg, Mass.
Jo Schaper -- Pacific, Mo.
Barry Knapp -- Lafayette, Colo.
John Whitaker -- Mo.
Elizabeth Kasehagen -- Santa Barbara, Calif.
Gloria Koroghlanian -- Phoenix, Ariz.
Joel Pederson -- Logan, Utah
Cheryl Martinez -- Tooele, Utah
Jeffrey Wilson -- Santa Monica, Calif.
 

June clues & answer:
 
Clues:

1.  More than half a billion years ago, this cliff was a reef, and the gem-like lake in the foreground would have been buried deep in muddy sediments.

2.  The well-preserved remains of some wonderful animals were found at the base of the cliff in 1909.

3.  Only a few years after that discovery, the area -- now a park -- served as a World War I internment camp for natives of the Austrio-Hungarian Empire.

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Answer:
Emerald Lake and Mount Field, Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada. The Walcott Quarry, which contains the famous Cambrian fossil beds in the Burgess Shale, sits in the snow toward the right side of the photo. Photo from V. Collins Chew of Kingsport, Tenn.

June winners:

Roger Borchert -- Bismarck, N.D.
Fred Hawkins -- Denver, Colo.
Toby Moore -- Irvine, Calif.
Ronnie Almero -- Irvine, Calif.
John Williams -- Sacramento, Calif.
Gisele Jakobs -- Berkeley, Calif.
Pamela Gore -- Clarkston, Ga.
Alan Fryar -- Lexington, Ky.
Curt Hudak -- Stillwater, Minn.
Leslie Gordon -- Menlo Park, Calif.