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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!
1 posted on 02/24/2003 8:53:35 AM PST by cogitator
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2 posted on 02/24/2003 8:54:41 AM PST by cogitator
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To: cogitator
¿No idea Cogi?
3 posted on 02/24/2003 9:20:27 AM PST by Cuttnhorse
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To: cogitator
Is it Manhattan?
4 posted on 02/24/2003 9:33:09 AM PST by Right Wing Puppy
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To: cogitator
San Francisco Bay?

Sure looks like it, kinda.

Cheers,

knews hound

5 posted on 02/24/2003 9:45:16 AM PST by knews_hound (Anyone else play Day of Defeat?)
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To: knews_hound
Area 51 ?
6 posted on 02/24/2003 9:51:40 AM PST by al baby
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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
7 posted on 02/24/2003 9:54:46 AM PST by 1ofmanyfree ((...all evidence has been turned over to NASA...))
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To: 1ofmanyfree
Good answer; so why is it important to scientists? (one
respondent already knows)

8 posted on 02/24/2003 10:07:29 AM PST by cogitator
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To: cogitator
Shark Bay ..??

Don't know where that is
9 posted on 02/24/2003 10:55:29 AM PST by CyberAnt ( Yo! Syracuse)
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To: CyberAnt
Western Coast of Australia. Do a Web search on "Hamelin Pool".

10 posted on 02/24/2003 11:47:38 AM PST by cogitator
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To: cogitator
Soooo ... why is it important to scientists ...??
11 posted on 02/24/2003 3:32:38 PM PST by CyberAnt ( Yo! Syracuse)
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Soooo ... why is it important to scientists ...??

Best examples of living stromatolites found on Earth are in Hamelin Pool.

12 posted on 02/25/2003 8:14:58 AM PST by cogitator
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And ... what are "stromatolites" ...??
13 posted on 02/25/2003 11:33:30 AM PST by CyberAnt ( Yo! Syracuse)
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To: CyberAnt
Shark Bay Stromatolites

(which is one of the reasons that this was a Geology Picture of the Week)

14 posted on 02/25/2003 12:49:48 PM PST by cogitator
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