Well, well, well ... one year ago today (January 18th, 2007), the first Where on (Google)Earth was posted (I think I still owe Thermochronic a t-shirt).
Wow, almost 100 installments in one year!
I'm really happy that this game has been so successful. A lot of credit goes to Ron for first suggesting that we make a series in which the winner hosts the next one. That format has certainly contributed to making the geoblogosphere more connected.
Back in October 2007, I compiled some stats of the winners. I will update that this weekend. Ron has updated his .kmz file as well:
In case you haven't played in a while, it has expanded even more in recent weeks as a result of establishing more connectivity in the geoblogosphere. There is now a blog site devoted to WoGE called A Thin Section. Essentially, those who win but don't have a blog can suggest a location to A Thin Section and it'll be posted there. Additionally, the site will provide a link to where the current WoGE is being hosted (in case you can't find it).
Thanks to everybody for playing! I hope we can continue having fun with this game.
Without any further ado, here is Where on (Google)Earth #97.
Just for birthday fun, there is no Schott Rule for this one! I often think that the locations I choose will be difficult and then they end up being easy for somebody. If this one sits around for a couple days without any action, I'll provide a clue.
Good luck!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
