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Which island? http://warp.povusers.org/snaps/island.jpg
(Yes, the coordinates are visible, so if you don't know the answer, you
could find it using those coordinates. I didn't bother to censor them.
Maybe if someone does need to use the coordinates to find the answer,
that's actually a good exercise. Anyways, try to guess without checking.
If you don't already know, of course.)
Its curious how common this island shape seems to be. I guess it has
something to do with volcanism.
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- Warp
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Warp wrote:
> Its curious how common this island shape seems to be. I guess it has
> something to do with volcanism.
It's probably a coral attol.
Volcano rises from the sea bed, coral grows on the part just below the
water's surface, volcano sinks back below the waves, coral grows upward
as fast the the volcano sinks downways. A few million years later...
weird circular island.
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On 09/29/09 16:17, Warp wrote:
> Which island? http://warp.povusers.org/snaps/island.jpg
>
> (Yes, the coordinates are visible, so if you don't know the answer, you
> could find it using those coordinates. I didn't bother to censor them.
> Maybe if someone does need to use the coordinates to find the answer,
> that's actually a good exercise. Anyways, try to guess without checking.
> If you don't already know, of course.)
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=-1.019486,-90.870967&spn=0.031452,0.036993&t=h&z=15
Cheated from the coordinates.
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People who don't eat yogurt are uncultured.
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4ac27957@news.povray.org...
> Which island? http://warp.povusers.org/snaps/island.jpg
>
> (Yes, the coordinates are visible, so if you don't know the answer, you
> could find it using those coordinates. I didn't bother to censor them.
> Maybe if someone does need to use the coordinates to find the answer,
> that's actually a good exercise. Anyways, try to guess without checking.
> If you don't already know, of course.)
>
> Its curious how common this island shape seems to be. I guess it has
> something to do with volcanism.
>
> --
> - Warp
I thought it was Santorin but after checking it is not the same shape but
another caldeira island
Marc
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4ac27b7e$1@news.povray.org...
> Warp wrote:
>
>> Its curious how common this island shape seems to be. I guess it has
>> something to do with volcanism.
>
> It's probably a coral attol.
>
> Volcano rises from the sea bed, coral grows on the part just below the
> water's surface, volcano sinks back below the waves, coral grows upward as
> fast the the volcano sinks downways. A few million years later... weird
> circular island.
>
> --
> http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
> http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
This one looks more like a caldera http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldera
Marc
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Warp wrote:
> Which island? http://warp.povusers.org/snaps/island.jpg
>
Isla Sorna?
-Aero
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Eero Ahonen wrote:
> Isla Sorna?
WIN!
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Neeum Zawan <m.n### [at] ieee org> wrote:
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http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=-1.019486,-90.870967&spn=0.031452,0.036993&t=h&z=15
> Cheated from the coordinates.
But what is the name of the island? Curiously google maps doesn't say.
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> Neeum Zawan <m.n### [at] ieeeorg> wrote:
>>
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=-1.019486,-90.870967&spn=0.031452,0.036993&t=h&z=15
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>> Cheated from the coordinates.
>
> But what is the name of the island? Curiously google maps doesn't say.
>
> --
This map shows it as "Isla Tortuga"
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/f/f4/20080705011917!Galapagos_Islands_topographic_map-fr.png
there are other calderas (Islas 4 Hermanos) at some distance toward NNE
along the shore of the main island but they are less perfectly circular.
Marc
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