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Where on Earth...? |
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Welcome back to another chance to play geographical detective!
This image taken by the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) represents an area of about 238 kilometers by 223 kilometers. North is at the top. These questions refer to a country within the image. You may use any reference materials you like to answer the quiz.
From the statements below, please indicate which ones are True or False:
The small island off the coastal inlet in the lower left corner of the image is dominated by mangrove swamps and considered home to protected sea bird sanctuaries. Parts of the island are off-limits for visitors.
Settlers were, perhaps, over-optimistic in their naming policy of this country.
The body of water shown on the right side of the image is considered so shallow and situated on a single plate that it is known for its tranquil calm waters and geologic inactivity.
The streams and rivers of this country used to be home to a sacred reptile which is now extinct.
For centuries, coastal farmers used a powerful fertilizer that covered the rocks on the tip of this peninsula area during the dry season, thus giving this area its descriptive name.
This animal, which can be found in the National Park located just below the bottom right corner of the image, comes down from its perch twice a day to feed its young.
What country is shown in this image?
MISR was built and is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The Terra spacecraft is managed by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD. The MISR data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center Atmospheric Science Data Center in Hampton, VA.
Image credit: NASA/GSFC/LaRC/JPL, MISR Team.
Text acknowledgement: Amber Jenkins and Karen Yuen, JPL
