Update on July 5, 2023: This puzzler image shows Germany’s Jasmund National Park on the island of Rügen in the Baltic Sea. Congratulations to Holger Wille for being the first reader to correctly identify the image. Read more about the location in our Image of the Day story.
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It is an island with two entrance points from the mainland. The land must be fertile as it looks like farming. I have no idea where this is. This is my first time on this site. Interesting.
The picture shows the Jasmund peninsula, which includes the National Park Jasmund, on the island of Rügen in Germany. The National Park is recognized as an UNESCO World Heritage Site for its ancient and primeval beech forrest, but is also known for its chalk cliffs, and beaches which border the Baltic Sea. Chalk is also mined at sites recognizable by their white color.
This is the Jasmund peninsula on Rügen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is home to the Jasmund Nationalpark and huge chalk cliffs, which are the largest outcrop in northern Germany. The outcrop is still sibject to erosion by the ocean, so the peninsula’s face is constantly changing. The chalk cliffs are of geological interest because they expose formations that may not be found elsewhere.
i would say Jasmund National Park in germany to monitor the erosion on chalk cliffs?
This is the island of Rugen, Germany in the Baltic sea. The large forest to the northeast is Jasmund National Park. Sassnitz is the port town in the southeast and operates a harbor a bit further down the island as well.
Northern Japan-Sea of Japan, Pacific Ocean and Sea of Okhotsk. The land cleared and buildings created. Outposts perhaps??
Wo’s sattelte Puzzleteile is:
Fisher village Polchow on Island of Rügen in my „Good Old Germany“
The area is welk known because of his famous Chalk coast.
By the way, fresh Fish-Restaurants and wonderful areas to walk with your dogs.
South east Asia
Viet Nam
It is a part of the Island of Rügen, namely the port of Mukran/ Sassnitz, where 2 LNG FSRUS are meant to be deployed soon to feed via a newly build pipeline Natural gas in the former beach stations for Russian natural gas in Lubmin close to Greifswald.
Rügen is well known for its famous White cliffs, the Königsstuhl as well as forests and great (pebble) beaches and the Northeastern tip of Germany.
It has been also referred to the bath tub of Berlin since the time, when German kings and Kaiser spent their summer recreation there.
The image shows the island of Ruegen in the Southern Baltic sea with the ports of Sassnitz and Mukran.
Interesting Island composed of chalk with extensive inner fjords.
Jasmund National Park in Germany
Hi, this image shows the Jasmund National Park in Germany.
According to a recent study, the European beech forests, such as those in the Jasmund National Park, are particularly vulnerable to climate change. The study demonstrates that reduced precipitation and rising temperatures could influence the growth of beech forests in parts of Europe, even causing, in the long term, the disappearance of part of these unique European forests.
Kind regards
Martin
Something to do with the white colored portions in the center of image. Is this a lithium mine? Maybe in Indonesia or Malaysia?
Parece ser la Reserva natural del Parque Nacional de Jasmund en la parte penisular del norte la Isla Rugën, donde se encuentran los escapados crestácicos mas grandes de Alemania.