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Where is that on Earth?

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TheSNARK

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Strange question I know. But bear with me. On the Prometheus "Star Map' app on Facebook, each week we are shown a pictogram and a location on Earth. (The pictogram and the location don't match. That's OK. I don't think they are suppose to.) What I want to know is where does the map in week-2 point to? The others are obvious. This one is not. Thanks.

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iapetus
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Nah guys, neither Antartica, Salt lake, Washington or else. it's somewhere in Kazakhstan/Uzbekistan, prob near the Aral Sea... Baikonur maybe, if that makes any sense in that game? The projection is uncommon. Using Google earth (or maps in 'earth' mode - need a sphere in planar projection, not a 2D map) you have to place yourself right above Vilyuyskiy in Siberia. ...or you can just type in " Vilyuyskiy, Sakha, Russia " Unzoom to frame all of earth, then you either turn your head sideways until you have a revelation or you can spin earth on it's center point in that projection. For that, careful... holding the middle-mouse button *over the center point* on Vilyuyskiy, scroll sideways only (should be left) until you have the barely noticeable Europe pointing in the top left corner. Et voila! there you have it. Hope it helps -T.
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TheSNARK
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It is not Antartica. You can flip it any which way you want! It looks nothing like it. It's not Egypt. The maps do not line up with the artefact/pictogram. Show me a map where that looks anything like Egypt. Sheesh!
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I suggest that it points to Antarctica.
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HAL 9000
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Antaaaaaaaarcticaaaaa!! Uh oh, mission control centre Antarctica! Ok, got carried away a bit... apologies.
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TheSNARK
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You "suggest" it point to Antartica? I suggest that it doesn't!
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TheSNARK
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Looks nothing like Antartica!
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darkgrafix
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You know nothing of my work!
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Xenophobia
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If memory serves right isn't that where the crew of the Nostromo call back for mission control as its shown in a scene.
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ctomb
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Maybe its the formation of Antaaaaaaaarcticaaaaa!! back when Lovecraft envisioned "At the Mountains of Madness"
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TheSNARK
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[img]http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r191/mrnj_album/Prometheus-Cinemagraph-2.gif[/img] [img]http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r191/mrnj_album/antarctica.jpg[/IMG]
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ctomb
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Doesn't mean the globe icon in the pic is pointing north!
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ctomb
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Flip it 180 and then compare.
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Id Rather Be Eatin Something Else
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There's a shot of some rock formations I KNOW I recodnise from varied documentries I have seen that are most definately in Mexico. But as to whether that bears relevance to your observation remains to be seen...
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Ripleys-Knickers
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It is EGYPT... The date 2470bce gives it away.
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aka Nate
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It's Salt Lake City.....duh! You people are so clueless.....
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Id Rather Be Eatin Something Else
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What, I had Washington down pat with it's apparant Free Mason/priory of Zion encoded supposed 'lay-out' of the city avenues in an apparant pentograph? Is that right? I think it is? Hence why there is a great smaking building called the Pentagon in and/or around the area. Faling that, there's always Detroit! heh! By definition and evidence if you just go there, it is a 'ruinous' city if ever I saw one! lol!
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Map or otherwise!
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Spartacus
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dare i say the dreaded words...?...."Mrs. Yutani" It points to that Evil Biaaaatch taking a shower in a real sleezy part of Downtown Tokyo!
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Geddy Giger
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That pictogram was discovered in Detroit, the deserted ruins of Amerika! Sherry and Hollawella found it buried in the concrete rubble of a long deserted hotel right off of Jefferson Ave. Reports indicate they also discovered an unidentified homeless person frozen in an elevator shaft wearing a Ted Nugent concert tee.
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bravo iapetus, that is correct - you're basically looking at mainland Russia from above! these guys might as well be on lv-8675309

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