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Newsmagazine of the Earth Sciences
June 2000 |
| Each month, the first three readers to identify
the location pictured in the current print version of Geotimes will
receive the Glossary of Geology. The first 10 will receive
a Where on Earth?
T-shirt.
To submit photos for future Where on Earth? contests, click here. |
Answers to the May & April photo contests:
Christina Reed |
Clues:
1. Columnar joints, pictured top left, underlie large sections of this nation's landscape. 2. Hikers find this waterfall -- the second-tallest in the country at 120 meters -- near where "hell freezes over". 3. Jules Verne refers to this country's western peninsula in Journey to the Center of the Earth. Scroll down for the answer and winners ... |
| Answer:
Haifoss waterfall is nestled west of Mount Hekla, the volcano known as the gate to hell in mediaeval Icelandic folklore, and south of the Langjokull glacier in Iceland. |
May winners:
Helen Delano -- York Springs, Penn.
Jesse Kasehagen -- Santa Barbara, Calif.
Honorable mention:
William Smith -- McLean, Va.
Katherine Price Blount -- Corpus Christi, Texas
Fred Hawkins -- Denver, Colo.
Nancy Williams -- Boulder, Colo.
Susan Banda -- Pamona, NJ
Mike Klein -- Boulder, Colo.
John Zeise
David Applegate |
Clues:
1.The fault scarp in the foregroung was formed in the last 20 years by a magnitude-7+ earthquake that killed two people in this sparsely populated region. 2. This 3,900-meter peak, composed of a Silurian and Devonian limestone sequence, is the highest in a range dominated by Mississippian carbonate banks. 3. Root vegetables are a staple of the inhabitants of the region, which was also a favorite haunt of the author of The Snows of Kilimanjaro. Scroll down for the answer and winners ... |
| Answer:
Borah Peak is the highest point in Idaho, a state famous for its potatoes, and is the highest peak in the Lost River Range. It was the site of a magnitude-7.3 earthquake on Oct. 28, 1983 — the largest ever recorded in Idaho. The quake produced extensive surface faulting and landslides. It caused two deaths and $12.5 million in damage in the Idaho towns of Challis and Mackay. |
April winners:
David Frank -- Washington, D.C.
Kate Johnson -- Reston, Va.
Roy Kepferle -- Cincinnati, Ohio
John Callahan -- Boone, N.C.
Fred Hawkins -- Denver, Colo.
Charlie Sandberg -- Lakewood, Colo.
Bill Lund -- Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah
Roger Smith --
Gloria Koroghlanian --
Joe Michaletz -- Helena, Mont.
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