IkarusJohn Posted April 16, 2013 Share #2201 Posted April 16, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) The valley isn't glacial. Is it in South America? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted April 16, 2013 Posted April 16, 2013 Hi IkarusJohn, Take a look here The world from above - Game Thread. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
stuny Posted April 16, 2013 Share #2202 Posted April 16, 2013 I too was thinking Europe, and avalanche. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubice Posted April 16, 2013 Share #2203 Posted April 16, 2013 Yes, we are in South America and the disaster was not an avalanche per se, though similar to it. Good luck, Jan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woorob Posted April 16, 2013 Share #2204 Posted April 16, 2013 Is this the site of the huge Chilean earthquake of 1960? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubice Posted April 16, 2013 Share #2205 Posted April 16, 2013 Bob, Not a Chilean earthquake and not in 1960..... Getting warmer..... Good luck, Jan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woorob Posted April 16, 2013 Share #2206 Posted April 16, 2013 Thought it might be Chile as they had a huge quake back in the day as you know. About 20 years ago, my brother worked for Schlumberger in Patagonia. Am I closer? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkarusJohn Posted April 16, 2013 Share #2207 Posted April 16, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) I would say Peru - they have had some terrible earthquakes, but I can't identify the region - is it in Myobamba, where they had a terrible earthquake in 1991? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubice Posted April 16, 2013 Share #2208 Posted April 16, 2013 It is Perú, but not Moyobamba. The quake happened later than 1960 but earlier than 1991. It was Perú's worst natural disaster. Cheers, Jan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkarusJohn Posted April 17, 2013 Share #2209 Posted April 17, 2013 1970 Ancash 8.0 on the Richter scale earthquake in Peru - which makes the picture of Mount Huascarán? The avalanche buried the town of Yungay, killing 18,000 people killed (which hardly seems possible). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubice Posted April 17, 2013 Share #2210 Posted April 17, 2013 I guess this is close enough. Indeed, it is the Ancash earthquake and this lake is just under Huascarán - it is lake Llanganuco. My special attachment to the lake is that, in 1970 there was a Czech mountaineering expedition camped at the lake and when the quake struck, they were all burried and are still there...... Among them was a friend of mine - Vilém Heckel, an excellent mountain photographer who climbed most of the world's peaks until Huascarán put an untimely end to his life. One side of Huascarán levelled Yungay, the other side, above lake Llanganuco, burried the expedition with a much smaller slide - this the ultimate being at the wrong place at the wrong time. Much later, I trekked from Yungay to Santa Cruz, around the Huascarán and Alpamayo peaks and placed a few flowers at a beautiful memorial erected by the Czechoslovak embassy at the lake. Over to you, John. Cheers, Jan 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkarusJohn Posted April 17, 2013 Share #2211 Posted April 17, 2013 Nice touch, Jan. As hard as I looked, I couldn't find the name of the lake, though I suppose Google Earth might have done the trick! Mine is far more prosaic. Name the body of water, and the country. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/150062-the-world-from-above-game-thread/?do=findComment&comment=2300940'>More sharing options...
Michael Geschlecht Posted April 17, 2013 Share #2212 Posted April 17, 2013 Hello John, Could we be in Africa? Best Regards, Michael Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkarusJohn Posted April 17, 2013 Share #2213 Posted April 17, 2013 We are in Africa Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Geschlecht Posted April 17, 2013 Share #2214 Posted April 17, 2013 Hello Again John, East Africa? Best Regards, Michael Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkarusJohn Posted April 17, 2013 Share #2215 Posted April 17, 2013 Hello Again John, East Africa? Best Regards, Michael No, Michael - not East Africa Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Geschlecht Posted April 17, 2013 Share #2216 Posted April 17, 2013 Hello John, Perhaps North of East Africa? Best Regards, Michael Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkarusJohn Posted April 17, 2013 Share #2217 Posted April 17, 2013 (edited) No, Michael, not the North East of Africa either. I need to be a little careful giving too much guidance here ... It does look like it could be the Nile or in that area, but I can say it's Sub-Sahel, if that helps Edited April 17, 2013 by IkarusJohn Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkarusJohn Posted April 17, 2013 Share #2218 Posted April 17, 2013 Hmmm, okay looks like some help is needed. West Africa, in an area once fabled for its riches. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.j.z Posted April 17, 2013 Share #2219 Posted April 17, 2013 (edited) the river Niger? Mali? btw: this one is not really from above ... Edited April 17, 2013 by a.j.z Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkarusJohn Posted April 17, 2013 Share #2220 Posted April 17, 2013 Yes, the River Niger - about 4 metres up. Country? And for a bonus point, what is the nearby fabled medieval city of gold, slavery and salt trade, and Islamic scholarship; the town was recently, briefly, under the control of local Tuoareg, who were ousted by the French. Al Qaida supported Islamists tried to retake the town on 30 March, and they were thrown out on 1 April. The nearby town is a UNESCO World Heritage site, though it was a dusty dump, with fortified doors on all the houses, when I was there in 1988. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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