I thought we'd mix it up a bit and go with a theme this time. And with the majority of the planet covered with water, it wasn't a hard theme to come up with. For those of you unfamiliar with the game, after the jump you'll see 10 satellite images from Google Maps and each will have a central feature. In this case, that "feature" is a body of water or has to do with a body of water. Write down your answers in the comments section and see how you do. The winner gets nothing but praise and admiration from me and other readers of the site. Enjoy!
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I'll go for the easy ones.
2. Niagara Falls
5. Hoover Dam (I recognized it from Transformers!)
8. Crater Lake, Oregon (I worked with a scientist who's specialty was impact craters, heh)
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5. Hoover Dam
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7. The Locks on the St. Mary's River at Sault Ste. Marie, MI / Ontario
8.Crater Lake, Oregon
9. Strait of Gibraltar
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So far so good... I'm impressed with Spacechimp's Sault Ste. Marie get.
1. Iguassu Falls, Brazil
2. Niagara Falls
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5. Hoover Dam
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8. Crater Lake
9. Strait of Gibraltar
10. Nile Delta
Leonardo, Iquazu Falls was all for you...
I knew it, Echo... as soon as I spotted the picture... thanks.. ;)
#4 - Typhoon Lagoon - Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida
#7 - Panama Canal
4. Sun City artificial beach, South Africa?
uh-oh... Tim's right on #4
Tim's right on 4 but wrong on 7. (See above)
Sorry, didn't see that one ... I was looking at Leo's post thinking that #7 was still up in the air.
At first glance, I was sure that #6 was Lake Tahoe, but a look at the map says not.
I'll be looking at them a little more later today. The market is ripe for the pickin' ... I'm off to make some money.
1. Iguassu Falls, Brazil
2. Niagara Falls
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4. Typhoon Lagoon - Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida
5. Hoover Dam
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8. Crater Lake
9. Strait of Gibraltar
10. Nile Delta
Damn this is tricky.
1. Iguassu Falls, Brazil
2. Niagara Falls
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4. Typhoon Lagoon - Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida
5. Hoover Dam
6. Lake Okeechobee
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8. Crater Lake
9. Strait of Gibraltar
10. Nile Delta
OK, so with all the answers compiled:
1. Iguassu Falls, Brazil
2. Niagara Falls
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4. Typhoon Lagoon
5. Hoover Dam
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7. The Locks in Sault Ste. Marie
8. Crater Lake
9. Strait of Gibraltar
10. Nile Delta
And I suppose it's time for hints:
#3. If you surf, particularly on the West Coast, you'll know this place. Though, I doubt Tom Cruise has ever surfed it.
#6. This lake feeds a river of grass.
Didn't Fernando get 6? Looks like OkeeChoBee.
Yeah, I didn't "approve" his comment quick enough. So we're just waiting on #3.
#3 is Mavericks at Half Moon Bay, CA
pdxme- with the come-from-behind win! Nicely done. #3 was definitely the hardest of the bunch.
Thanks for the hint!