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we will draw the names of two people who will win a Brunton
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Clues:
1. Now underwater, this feature was a subaerially exposed cave during the last Ice Age approximately 18,000 years ago. More than 400 feet deep, it was thought to be bottomless until the French explorer Jacques Cousteau proved otherwise during a 1970 expedition. 2. Researchers are using core samples from stalactites like those pictured to test a hypothesis that relates Saharan desert dust storm activity to the development of algal blooms and other pathogens in this region. 3. The feature’s name and its appearance from the air are similar to that of an astronomical feature with a gravitational field so intense that not even light can escape.
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Answer:
Great Blue Hole, Lighthouse
Reef Atoll, Belize |
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Clues:
1. Although this Carboniferous teschenite sill shares its name with a cathedral that has the highest medieval spire in the world, the two namesakes sit at opposite ends of their island nation. 2. The “father of modern geology” used a section at the base of the sill to argue that an injection of molten rock had broken apart existing sedimentary layers. This observation contradicted the prevailing Neptunist theory that all rocks settled out of the noachian flood. 3. At the far upper left, a castle sits on a volcanic plug of similar age to the foreground sill. Despite the sheer walls provided by the extinct volcano, the castle was repeatedly under siege during the region’s wars of independence.
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Answer:
Salisbury Crags; Edinburgh |
January winners:
1. Dale C. Andrews, Pittsburgh, Pa.
2. Kirby Cockerham, Englewood, Colo.
3. Larry Davis, West Haven, Conn.
4. Margaretha Eckhardt, Arlington, Mass.
5. David Grisafe, Lawrence, Kan.
6. Anthony R. Kampf, Los Angeles, Calif.
7. John Longshore, Arcata, Calif.
8. Candy Martinez, Fremont, Calif.
9. Maria Skidmore, Warrington, Pa.
10. Jerry Tarbell, Hampstead, Md.
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