I'm re-focusing my "Where in the World?" Google Earth search on Biblical locations for a while. Where in the Bible world is this? How did this peninsula form? Grace and Peace
Category: Where in the world?
Where in the World? #6
This month's theme is coastlines. Where is this coastline, and how was it formed? Grace and Peace
Musandam Peninsula
Last week's "Where in the World" wasn't identified until I gave a clue. It is the Musandam Peninsula in Oman, at the Strait of Hormuz, which is the narrow passageway between the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea. Here is a map of the area, from the 1:250,000 scale JOG NG 40-6, which I got …
Where in the World? #5
Last week: Mauna Loa, Hawaii. By volume, Mauna Loa is the largest volcano in the world. Various web sites give the volume of its lava flows as anywhere from 40,000 to 75,000 km3. Most of the mountain is below sea level, but if one measures from the base to the summit, there is a total …
Where in the World? #4
Last week I had an image of Toba, a volcano on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia (winner: Ron Schott from The Geology Home Companion). Toba had a colossal eruption 70-75,000 years ago which was probably the largest on Earth in the past several million years; even larger than the eruptions of the Yellowstone Caldera …
Where in the World? #3
Last week's Google Earth image was Vesuvius, most famous for its 79 AD eruption that buried Pompeii and Herculaneum, near modern-day Naples, Italy. Vesuvius has erupted numerous times throughout history, with the most recent eruption being in 1944. The outer rim on the right side of the photo is from a prehistoric catastrophic eruption that …
Where in the World #2
Last week: Santorini, the site of the 1600 B.C. eruption that helped wipe out the ancient Minoan civilization in the Agean Sea and the island of Crete. Lois and Sheri submitted the correct answer; I would send them a GeoChristian mug or t-shirt as a prize, but there is no such thing. This week: it's …
Where in the World? #1
I'm starting what I hope is a weekly "Where in the world?" series of posts. I'll have a view from Google Earth, and you try to figure out where it is. You can submit your answer with a comment, but don't peek at the comments until you have given it a good try. My only …
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