Contest #148 answer: Gebel Kamil Crater, Egypt
The Gebel Kamil Crater is one of the most recent impact craters found on Earth (about 5000 years old). It was first discovered by scientists of the university of Sienna (Italy) who were scanning Google Earth at a low orbit and confirmed by expeditions in 2009 and this year. The crater is located at 22.018333, 26.0877
The scientific paper was published on July 22, so I thought it might make a nice challenge before the news would hit the mainstream media, but news travels fast nowadays: only a few hours after I put up the contest, Wired ran an article about this crater and so did National Geographic. The meteorite who caused the crater is listed here.
Correct answers (a ‘+’ for those who came up with the correct crater name)
- Pascal Gilbraith
- hhgygy +
- Taliesin +
- Dennis S. +
- Milosh, Serbia
- Skip +
- David S +
- Andy Murdock +
- Exsanguinator
- David Kozina
- Sarah G +
- Paul Franson +
- Graham Foxall
- Ben Bayer
- Willem
- Andy M, USA +
- BroderUlf +
Contest #148
Contest #147 answer: Shanghai, China
This weeks contest was focussed on Shanghai, China. We were hovering above the new Pudong district with the distinct Oriental Pearl Tower clearly visible.
The little ‘green blob’ is the location of an all glass cylinder which is the entrance to the recently opened Apple Store.
A lot of good answers this week (the + indicates a correct answer on the Apple Store question)
- hhgygy +
- D Hall +
- Milosh, Serbia +
- David Kozina
- LawnBoy
- Paul Franson +
- Pascal Gilbraith
- Sarah G +
- ConnieL
- lardarz
- David S +
- BroderUlf +
- ACG
- Exsanguinator
- Ecahe
- Andy Murdock +
- John at Dreamwidth +
- Andy M, USA +
- Barbara E
- Dennis S. +
- Taliesin +
- Ernesto Posse
- Andy McConnell +
- Steve Jaycocks +
Contest #147
Contest #146 answer: Soccer City, Johannesburg, SA
This stadium, Soccer City (‘Sokkerstad’ in Afrikaans), was the theatre of the FIFA World Cup 2010 final last Sunday, won by Spain.
The stadium was completed in 2009 and houses up to 88,500 supporters. It was upgraded from the former FNB stadium, which will be the name again after the 2010 final.
Those who won this final:
- hhgygy
- Taliesin
- Pascal Gilbraith
- LawnBoy
- Willem
- Barbara E
- KD
- Malcolm
- Milosh, Serbia
- SuperXIX
- Paul Franson
- Jan Depczynski
- David Kozina
- Andy M, USA
- ACG
- John at Dreamwidth
- Sarah G
- Dennis S.
- Exsanguinator
- BroderUlf
- David S
- Michael T
- Andy Murdock
- Ian
- D Hall
- Anwyn
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Contest #145 answer: Nahalal, Israel
It was the first moshav in Israel (1921) and the layout was designed by Bauhaus architect Richard Kauffman: the city of Nahalal in Israel.
This place has been submitted as an UNESCO World Heritage site, it is on the tentative list together with the Degania settlement.
The settlers this week:
- hhgygy
- Milosh, Serbia
- BroderUlf
- David Kozina
- Neil
- Taliesin
Contest #145
Contest #144 answer: Old City Centre, Bern, Switserland
This week we visited an UNESCO World Heritage site again: The Old City Centre of Bern, Switserland.
Bern is the capital of Switzerland and was founded in the 12th century. A lot of structures from the 15th and 16th century are still present in the city centre.
Among the famous people who lived in Bern is Albert Einstein who formulated his relativity theory while living in Bern.
Those who did not get lost in the time-space continuum:
- Milosh, Serbia
- Murdock
- hhgygy
- Paul Franson
- John at Dreamwidth
- Falco
- Taliesin
- Ernesto Posse
- Exsanguinator