Darren, this last clue has really thrown a confusion factor into the mix. (note that I did not refer to it as the act of adding effluent into a contest of chance...:tb-biggrin It appears that the image morphing process has merged images from three or more different sources. The top 10% of the center panel is a high contrast image in the visible spectrum. The bottom 90%, although probably still in the visible spectrum, is significantly filtered, almost gray-scale. The right hand panel appears to be from an IR sensor, whereas the left hand one could easily be near-UV. However, what is most disturbing is that all three panels were acquired with different sun angles, indicating different times of day, or more probably different times of year. Assuming different times of the year, what becomes obvious is that there is no snow on the mountain tops. This, combined with virtually no indicated foliage, leads me to think a very arid, mountainous region with mining or drilling operations. OK, given the poor quality in combining satellite images which could indicate a less advanced technological culture, and an arid mountainous region rich in potential natural resources, I would start looking in western China and go west from there, staying far enough south to avoid much snow in mountains. Very interesting........:tb-nerd:
Scott takes another one! Congratulations! Scott Stutzman Eredent, Mongolia Location submitted by Stourbridge Lion
