-ology
Mountain streams erode
but isostatic uplift
keeps relief the same
A humble contribution to the geological haiku meme, originated by survat, with a listing of contributions by Chris R.
Thinkstart (Joshua Potter) was the winner of the last Where on Google Earth challenge, finding my fossil forest in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, comes this installment of the game.
Joshua says:
As this was only my second try at WoGE, I'm not very versed with
technique or trends/standards of the past 105, so I hope my offering
isn't too easy, or obvious.
Also, I can't figure out how to get the scale to show up, so please
let me know if you have any tips. Although, for this one I don't
think it matters much. Let me know if there are any problems with the
image...
As always, some words about…
Where on (Google) Earth is a roving internet game played for the past year+ by the geoblogsphere. In this game, a snapshot of somewhere on the planet is taken using Google Earth (a free downloadable program). The object is to identify the location with latitude and longitude and try to say something* about the geology or geography of the area. The first one to post the correct results (at least in terms of location) is the winner and gets the honor of choosing the location and hosting the next round.
After watching many rounds go by and not having time to do much playing, BGC posted the…