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Postby e to the x on Wed Aug 03, 2005 5:30 pm

i just looked at it here at home and wow. the videcard at work sucks! it is so much easier to see things now! maybe i'll try again.
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Postby kanaloa on Wed Aug 03, 2005 10:21 pm

I guess most folks decided not to risk it today... you all have until morning to submit an entry still.

One of you got WAY ahead of the pack now, because you nailed it. Some others fell behind a point or two for guessing incorrectly. Those who didn't submit staid in place.

BTW I'm going to create a new rule... if you skip more than 2 challenges, you're out for the week. Otherwise anyone with a good lead could sit and just stay in place by not risking anything.

So if you didn't participate today... make sure you do tomorrow :)
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Postby weazzle on Wed Aug 03, 2005 10:37 pm

Wow, found the country the hard way, searching for 10 minutes on my home computer (just finished installing windows today :)). But what on earth is that yellow arrow pointing at...
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Postby b_a88 on Thu Aug 04, 2005 1:26 am

Oh man I can't find it.
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Postby ginogsm on Thu Aug 04, 2005 2:34 am

I sent a guess.
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Postby pres butan on Thu Aug 04, 2005 3:42 am

Sent in my guess.
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Postby b_a88 on Thu Aug 04, 2005 4:54 am

I guess I will have to send in a guess I just can't find a place with clouds that color and the ground that color.
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Postby kanaloa on Thu Aug 04, 2005 7:09 am

I'm glad so many of you took the plunge, and ironically two of you guessed the same place twice, but not correctly. LOL, so that was interesting. Another one of you nailed it, so kudos.

I'll post Day 4's image soon, and we'll go back to easy for a day to give those who missed yesterday a chance to get a point back.

Day 3's image was *drum roll* in South America. It was in Venezuela and was the famous Angel Falls. It was located at 6N. It's the highest waterfall on the planet, currently.
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Postby e to the x on Thu Aug 04, 2005 7:12 am

kanaloa wrote:I'm glad so many of you took the plunge, and ironically two of you guessed the same place twice, but not correctly. LOL, so that was interesting. Another one of you nailed it, so kudos.

I'll post Day 4's image soon, and we'll go back to easy for a day to give those who missed yesterday a chance to get a point back.

Day 3's image was *drum roll* in South America. It was in Venezuela and was the famous Angel Falls. It was located at 6N. It's the highest waterfall on the planet, currently.


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Postby kanaloa on Thu Aug 04, 2005 7:23 am

August 4, 2005

Here's the Day 4 image; rated as: Easy

This place is rated as easy; it's a very recognizable landmark and it's very popular in the country it is in. My hints should help. This should be pretty easy today.

I would like both the Country, State/Providence for the single point. If someone can tell me the Park's name I'll give yet another point. And if someone can tell me the name of one of those small "hills" (one of many names you might call them) in the big hill, I'll give another point. So you can actually earn up to 3 points today (the equivalent of a Moderate place). Remember, any guess that's wrong, on any of the 3 will be a -1 point. You'll get a single point for each right answer (up to the 3 points).

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<b>Hints:</b>
-It is a National Park of the country it's in
-It's houses one of the most rare plants in the world
-It's very cold on top in the mornings, about 30 degrees F - I'd know.

<b><font color="red" size="3">Updated - ANSWER:</font></b> Haleakala Volcano, Haleakala National Park on Maui, Hawaii. As for the "little hills" I was looking for a name of any of the many cinder cones inside the crater; like Pu'u o Maui, etc.
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