Guess where

[Ben]

Ok sharp-eyed spotters and geography geeks, where on earth is this? It's visible in Google Earth and Google Maps.

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment.php?attachmentid=10741&stc=1&d=1221836911

There's even a hint attached.

[dmdigital]

I'm guessing New Zealand as you've also shown an Iveco Massif with the All-Black motif

[dullbird]

i'd say its in your bedroom and you have been into the tye dye again you big hippy.

[Slunnie]

I think it's Muroroa Atol.

I can tell by the glowing bits and the leakage trail. :(

[Outlaw]

Don't think so Slunnie... took a search and this seems to be Mururoa Atoll 21.83S 138.88W
http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=21.83S+138.88W&ie=UTF8&ll=-21.833138,-138.88813&spn=0.319334,0.444946&t=h&z=11

[tony]

Its amazing what you see after 1/2 bottle of single malt....

was the room spinning.....

T

[Ben]

Oh dear, I think we need Pedro's keen sleuthing skills :D

[abaddonxi]

Kondyor Massif?
Kondyor Massif - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kondyor_Massif)

Cheers
Simon

[Bigbjorn]

Ok Tedi?

[Slunnie]

Kondyor Massif?
Kondyor Massif - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kondyor_Massif)

Cheers
Simon
How the heck did you know that!



This is neither an impact crater nor a volcano. It is a perfect circular intrusion, about 10 km in diameter with a topographic ridge up to 600 m high. The Kondyor Massif is located in Eastern Siberia, Russia, north of the city of Khabarovsk. It is a rare form of igneous intrusion called alkaline-ultrabasic massif and it is full of rare minerals. The river flowing out of it forms placer mineral deposits. Last year 4 tons of platinum were mined there. A remarkable and very unusual mineralogical feature of the deposit is the presence of coarse crystals of Pt-Fe alloy, coated with gold. This 3-D perspective view was created by draping a simulated natural color ASTER composite over an ASTER-derived digital elevation model. The image was acquired on June 10, 2006, and is located at 57.6 degrees north latitude, 134.6 degrees east longitude.


Pic from NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2008/09/370.jpg

and from Google Maps:
http://maps.google.com.au/maps?near=57.6N+134.6E&q=Kondyor+Massif&f=p&ie=UTF8&ll=57.618198,134.620972&spn=0.223217,0.725098&t=h&z=11

[Ben]

Kondyor Massif?
Kondyor Massif - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kondyor_Massif)

Yup, that's the one.

Perfect circular intrusion, about 8km in diameter, bored its way through roughly 5000 miles of mantle over a billion years ago before it came to rest here just below the surface. Over time the crust eroded away leaving this perfectly circular mountain with a stream flowing out from its center. The rim is composed of harder minerals and has resisted erosion. The entire intrusion is circurlarly zoned with distinct minerals found at different distances from the center, including gold encrusted platinum crystals.

[Phil633]

Bugger, Just worked out it was Konder Massif, after scanning the globes Massiff's, and someone beat me.

Oh well:D

[LandyBen]

Not the result of a super curry from Huey's kitchen?
:D