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Re: What In The World Happened Here?
HikeUp #20035 11/26/11 03:16 PM
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74: Airstrip and a north-facing coastline.... How about a hint?

The airfield is named after a marine major. The event(s) occured during November, awhile ago.

That's a complex clue. It'd take the wisdom of Solomon to decipher.

Were your November events on land or water?

Re: What In The World Happened Here?
AlanK #20036 11/26/11 03:38 PM
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The Operation was on both land and sea.

Re: What In The World Happened Here?
HikeUp #20037 11/26/11 03:50 PM
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The Operation was on both land and sea.

I'll sit on my iron bottom and try to sound it out.

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Originally Posted By: AlanK
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The Operation was on both land and sea.

I'll sit on my iron bottom and try to sound it out.

You've nailed it already. I guess I should clarify that the on land part was merely a last gasp effort by the aggressor to fulfill their mission after a resounding defeat.

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Re: What In The World Happened Here?
wagga #20094 12/02/11 02:35 AM
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73: I see sand dunes and a tower. But what is that wall-like structure?

I don't know. But there is a lot of yellow to the west.


Like a Yellow Sea? Is anything in South Korea that arid, or anything in North Korea that google-mapped?

Re: What In The World Happened Here?
torpified #20112 12/05/11 03:42 PM
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LXXIII: (73) Some of the Yellow to the west of this artifact will end up in the Yellow Sea.


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Re: What In The World Happened Here?
wagga #20125 12/06/11 03:32 PM
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LXXIII: (73) Need another clue?

This is the only one of it's kind, though there was a prototype running successfully in Spain. It's been torn down, so there was no meaningful picture. A much larger version was planned for Australia, but has not been built yet. And it is an energy provider.


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Re: What In The World Happened Here?
wagga #20131 12/06/11 09:39 PM
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73: Which has been torn down, the one in the puzzle, or the prototype in Spain?

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Steve C #20132 12/07/11 03:27 AM
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The prototype in Spain was torn down in 1989.


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Re: What In The World Happened Here?
wagga #20133 12/07/11 03:39 AM
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That hint's too helpful. DidJinshawan to give a less leading one?

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LXXIII (73)

Rather large convection oven if you ask me...


What's with all the blue roofs?

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Re: What In The World Happened Here?
HikeUp #20138 12/07/11 07:57 AM
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LXXIII (73)

Torpified: Good one!

HikeUp: Where did you find that image?


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wagga #20139 12/07/11 08:06 AM
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HikeUp: Where did you find that image?

I captured it from google earth (ver 6.1.0.5001) today. I've been scouring that area looking for your view, and now I know why I couldn't find it! Your latest clue gave me the name of the town and I was able to find it.

Re: What In The World Happened Here?
HikeUp #20153 12/08/11 05:27 PM
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Answer: What In The World Happened Here? LXXIII: (73)

This is apparently the world's first commercial Solar Updraft Tower, though the illustration offered showed it under construction. Oddly enough, Google Earth now has a different view, though, an up-to-date image would show the completed project. Here is the wiki.



Here is a good reference from the SolarPedia.

And here is a press release indicating that the plant will go online 12/10/2011.


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Re: What In The World Happened Here? LXIX (69)
SaraC_UK #20165 12/11/11 07:46 AM
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Still open: LXX

We could use some input from Sara. I think that everyone knows that the original photo is of the Stewart, British Columbia- Hyder, Alaska area. Events identified with the area were a killer avalanche and a nuclear bomber crash.

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What In The World Happened Here? LXXV (75)
AlanK #20168 12/11/11 11:49 AM
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What In The World Happened Here? LXXV (75):

An interesting moment in US history and an interesting part of the USA.



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Re: What In The World Happened Here? LXXV (75)
AlanK #20196 12/13/11 04:04 PM
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Arghhhh, this one's a lulu. Nearly drove me birdshit trying to find it.


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New: What In The World Happened Here? LXXVI (76)
wagga #20197 12/13/11 04:45 PM
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What In The World Happened Here? LXXVI (76):

12/14/????!

Answer by posting the more interesting of the two photos at this place on Google Earth.



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Re: What In The World Happened Here? LXXV (75)
wagga #20204 12/13/11 05:55 PM
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Arghhhh, this one's a lulu. Nearly drove me birdshit trying to find it.

But it was worth it, right? That has to be one of the greatest pieces of legislation in US history!

Re: New: What In The World Happened Here? LXXVI (76)
wagga #20206 12/13/11 06:06 PM
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What In The World Happened Here? LXXVI (76):

12/14/????!

Answer by posting the more interesting of the two photos at this place on Google Earth.


Who knew that a century would go by and the economy would turn south?

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