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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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 Posted - 08/10/2009 : 13:04:07
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This is a mountain range.
1. Where is it?
2. What is its name?
3. For an extra point, what is geographically (as opposed to geologically) special about it?
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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Dave W.
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 08/10/2009 : 14:49:33 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dave W.
Sutter Buttes, "located just outside of Yuba City, California in the Sacramento Valley, the northern part of the Central Valley," the world's smallest mountain range.
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Correct, correct, and correct! Congrats, Dave!
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Dave W.
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bngbuck
SFN Addict
USA
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Posted - 08/10/2009 : 17:47:36 [Permalink]
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Mooner and Dave.....
My official protest was barely lodged with He Who Knows Too Much when this outrage occurs! I smell collision!.....or is that collusion? Whatever it is, how can a mere World Expert On Damn Near Everything be expected to compete with the motherless offspring of an unlikely 1996 sexual congress of Larry Brin and Sergey Page who simultaneously writes code with one hand while performing neurosurgery with the other? He solved Euler's Seven Bridges of Konigsberg problem while sleeping off a hangover and devised an answer to the Street Coloring Problem in black and white using a box of Crayolas. And you can see he's only three weeks old by his picture!
In recent months it has occured to me that I may be mortal! I cannot compete with the supernatural! |
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
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Posted - 08/10/2009 : 18:00:00 [Permalink]
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| Look back over the other "What on Earth" challenges, bnbuck. Most of 'em have stumped me. I lucked into a good set of keywords for Google, this time. |
- Dave W. (Private Msg, EMail)
Evidently, I rock!
Why not question something for a change?
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bngbuck
SFN Addict
USA
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Posted - 08/10/2009 : 18:23:40 [Permalink]
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Dave.....
"Lucked into"? I think not. You looked critically at the GoogleEarth view, noticed that the land section divisions were remarkably large in comparison to the size of the Mooner-defined "Mountain Range" This told you that this was a damn small mountain range. This led (in less than 40 minutes), to Google-Wikiing "smallest mountain range" and, Bingo, it pops up #3. Put it into GoogleEarth search and the pictures match.
Not much luck involved there, Dave! Your modesty almost exceeds your ability! Which is considerable, to say the least! I share Mooner's congrats! |
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
26022 Posts |
Posted - 08/10/2009 : 18:55:14 [Permalink]
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| Nah, bnbuck, that would have been easier. I put "circular mountain range" into Google Image Search, and then it took a couple minutes to find something promising-looking to follow. |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 08/10/2009 : 21:17:26 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dave W.
Google is my friend.
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And, in making these puzzles, it's my enemy.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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What on Earth?: Lone Range, Here
