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contest, which appears in the print magazine, to Geotimes by October
27 (or postmarked by this date). From those answers, Geotimes staff
will draw the names of 10 people who will win Where on Earth? T-shirts.
And from those 10 names, we will draw the names of two people who will win
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Clues:
1. The rock in the cliff was once a Jurassic sand sea. 2. This feature is named for a man who was president of what is today the largest nonprofit scientific and educational institution in the world. He was also editor of their yellow-fringed magazine. 3. The national government set aside the site in 1996 despite strong opposition from most local politicians.
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Answer: Grosvenor Arch, formed from Navajo sandstone, is a prominent feature of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah. Photo supplied by Thomas McGuire. |
Check back later this month to find out who won September's Where on Earth? contest.
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Clues:
1. The karst-forming rock formed during the Pleistocene. 2. The clastics found in this area came from the Sahara Desert. 3. The first settlers to the area were freedom seekers who met as a colony for a religious service of thanksgiving in a cave such as the one shown here. Indeed, the name of this land comes from the word for freedom.
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Answer: Eleuthera, one of the islands of the Bahamas! Photo by Judy Marshall. Contributed by Jacq Marie Jack. |
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