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Geology Picture of the Week, February 23-March 1, 2003
(WhereIsIt? stumper)
http://praxis.pha.jhu.edu/ ^
Posted on 02/24/2003 8:53:34 AM PST by cogitator
Obviously, if you view the page source you can probably figure out where this is pretty quickly. The challenge is to figure out where it is based on the keywords, and why this region is so important to scientists.

TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Outdoors; Science
KEYWORDS: bubbly; modern; primitive; ratbegone; salty
Have fun!
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posted on
02/24/2003 8:53:35 AM PST
by
cogitator
To: 2Trievers; headsonpikes; Pokey78; Lil'freeper; epsjr; sauropod; kayak; Miss Marple; CPT Clay; ...
** ping **
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posted on
02/24/2003 8:54:41 AM PST
by
cogitator
To: cogitator
¿No idea Cogi?
To: cogitator
Is it Manhattan?
To: cogitator
San Francisco Bay?
Sure looks like it, kinda.
Cheers,
knews hound
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posted on
02/24/2003 9:45:16 AM PST
by
knews_hound
(Anyone else play Day of Defeat?)
To: knews_hound
Area 51 ?
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posted on
02/24/2003 9:51:40 AM PST
by
al baby
To: cogitator
An oblique view of the Shark Bay complex from the east. Hamelin Pool at the center of the photo and Shark Bay proper are separated from Freycinet Estuary and Denham Sound by the Peron Peninsula. These, in turn, are separated from the Indian Ocean by Edel Land Peninsula and Dirk Hartog Island. This arid western coast of western Australia is very sparsely populated, but a few roads can be seen. A complex set of lime-sediment shoals and tidal passes forms the Disappointment Reach shallows. Some red, land-derived mud does make its way into the inter tidal zone along the coast north of the reach. The clouds of light-colored water in Shark Bay and Denham Sound may either be lime sediment, perhaps precipitated from sea water or a plankton bloom. (Scanned from a slide.) (Astro-2)
NASA Photo ID: STS067-730A-048
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posted on
02/24/2003 9:54:46 AM PST
by
1ofmanyfree
((...all evidence has been turned over to NASA...))
To: 1ofmanyfree
Good answer; so why is it important to scientists? (one
respondent already knows)
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posted on
02/24/2003 10:07:29 AM PST
by
cogitator
To: cogitator
Shark Bay ..??
Don't know where that is
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posted on
02/24/2003 10:55:29 AM PST
by
CyberAnt
( Yo! Syracuse)
To: CyberAnt
Western Coast of Australia. Do a Web search on "Hamelin Pool".
To: cogitator
Soooo ... why is it important to scientists ...??
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posted on
02/24/2003 3:32:38 PM PST
by
CyberAnt
( Yo! Syracuse)
To: CyberAnt
Soooo ... why is it important to scientists ...??Best examples of living stromatolites found on Earth are in Hamelin Pool.
To: cogitator
And ... what are "stromatolites" ...??
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posted on
02/25/2003 11:33:30 AM PST
by
CyberAnt
( Yo! Syracuse)
To: CyberAnt
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