Find the Building: Solve the Clues & Show the Map!

[hsdrop]

Okay then! "What are the Nazca plains"

yes you got it finally hehe your turn

do you get all the clues now??

 

[1oldman2]

yes you got it finally hehe your turn

do you get all the clues now??

Nice one, of course all the clues make perfect sense now that I have good ol' hindsight in my favor. I'll be back soon with something.

 

[hsdrop]

hay how do you get your homer simpson to show up??

 

[1oldman2]

hay how do you get your homer simpson to show up??

Go to my pf, its called signature

 

[hsdrop]

Go to my pf, its called signature

ok it's a gold member beny then ty

 

[1oldman2]

ok it's a gold member beny then ty

Its eight bucks well spent.

 

[1oldman2]

Now then...
First find the "Whole Sedan" (Wolram you may remember this. ) From there go 22.27 km on a heading of 71.72 degrees, find a "tower", a screenshot from G Earth or the coordinates will do. This place is on Earth although you can't walk to it.

 

[wolram]

Darn it 1oldman2, i need another clue.

 

[hsdrop]

me too please

 

[1oldman2]

Okay, Sedan isn't a car or a planetary body, think big big bang. there is more to "whole" than initially meets the eye.

 

[wolram]

Okay, Sedan isn't a car or a planetary body, think big big bang. there is more to "whole" than initially meets the eye.

It is no good i can not find any thing, Sedna, Andes? but what has that to do with the big bang

 

[Jonathan Scott]

I tried various words like "universe" or "universal" but couldn't find enough in the clue to narrow it down.

 

[1oldman2]

big bang

Think nuclear Sedan.

 

[tionis]

The sedan nuclear crater!

 

[1oldman2]

The sedan nuclear crater!

 

[Jonathan Scott]

The rest of the instructions appear to land up at a hexagonal tower within some sort of airfield (using trigonometry as I don't know of any Google Maps way to do bearings and distances as suggested), but the area is strikingly anonymous.

Ah, should have guessed: Groom Lake - Area 51

 

[1oldman2]

Ah, should have guessed: Groom Lake - Area 51

With pretty good resolution too. The tower was the goal, your up!

 

[tionis]

I concede my turn to any of the distinguished gentlemen above me.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

With pretty good resolution too. The tower was the goal, your up!

How did you get the bearing and distance? I'm interested to know.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

A professor took a picture of me in the midnight hour
then I faded away like the freshness of a morning shower

Aren't we still awaiting a further clue or answer to this one? Or did I miss something?

I concede my turn to any of the distinguished gentlemen above me.

I'd prefer to resolve yours first (assuming I didn't miss it).

 

[1oldman2]

How did you get the bearing and distance? I'm interested to know.

G Earth ruler on the tool bar, very useful.

 

[tionis]

Aren't we still awaiting a further clue or answer to this one? Or did I miss something?

I'd prefer to resolve yours first (assuming I didn't miss it).

OK. One more clue lol:

You can see her complete lifetime
in pictures and graphs of her time around us

 

[wolram]

OK. One more clue lol:

You can see her complete lifetime
in pictures and graphs of her time around us

I am stuck, i need another clue.

 

[tionis]

I am stuck, i need another clue.

Another one lol?

I drift in the silence
feeling, touching heaven
flying over the world.

Clue #1: A professor took a picture of me in the midnight hour
then I faded away like the freshness of a morning shower

Clue #2: You can see her complete lifetime
in pictures and graphs of her time around us

Clue #3: The professor tried to catch me gleaming
for he understood I was leaving

Clue #4: He ran outside but it was in vain
for she was carried away into darkness' chains

 

[wolram]

The only thing i can come up with is the Moon

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Another one lol?

I drift in the silence
feeling, touching heaven
flying over the world.

Clue #1: A professor took a picture of me in the midnight hour
then I faded away like the freshness of a morning shower

Clue #2: You can see her complete lifetime
in pictures and graphs of her time around us

Clue #3: The professor tried to catch me gleaming
for he understood I was leaving

Clue #4: He ran outside but it was in vain
for she was carried away into darkness' chains

All sounds very poetic and mysterious, but very vague compared with the opening post of this thread which talked about providing answers by giving the Google Maps reference to a building or location. After a couple of astronomical objects, we now seem to be in the realm of something without even a definite location. I suppose "All around the world" could be taken somewhat literally to refer to the constellations of the Zodiac, or to the Milky Way (which I suggested earlier), but it isn't really a location.

Earlier I thought (somewhat desperately) of noctilucent clouds but those don't seem to fit much of the clues, and anyway they are gone before midnight as they appear during late twilight. Similarly, satellites in low Earth orbit (including ISS) are normally invisible by that time. Of course, if you're far enough north or south and on daylight saving time during local summer then you could still see noctilucent clouds or low satellites at midnight local time.

So basically, I'm stuck. It would be helpful to know some ordinary facts, like whether we are actually talking about something in the sky, and if so whether this is some definite object, or a type of optical phenomenon, or what!

 

[tionis]

like whether we are actually talking about something in the sky,

Yes, most definitely.

and if so whether this is some definite object, or a type of optical phenomenon, or what!

Yes, it's a celestial body. No optical illusion or anything like that.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Yes, it's a celestial body. No optical illusion or anything like that.

It's nice to have PF visitors from other planets, but from mine I don't think I see anything which matches those clues.

 

[1oldman2]

I'm thinking a comet may be indicated... but which one and am I barking up the wrong tree?

 

[tionis]

I'm thinking a comet may be indicated... but which one and am I barking up the wrong tree?

Yes!