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Patrosinio, Brazil
stickbender:
Diligence; I think Eddie has been to that meteor crater......in fact he drank out of it....... ;D ;D ;D
When he comes back he will have that certain glow about him......He will be a natural moth attractant. ;D
But in his hotel room, he will keep getting up to turn off the light...... ;D He can get a part time job at the airport. People won't have to go through those X Ray machines, he will just walk around them...... ;D Ok, Ok, but he probably has been there already, since he is being wined and dined, and taken to all the various tourist places......maybe he will be so kind as to show us some pictures......I want to see some pictures of the local critters, and which ones he intends to roll up real thin...... ;) But he could use some GPS help, I mean, they have him walking streams, and waiting around, and asking if they can use this, or that, and he is having to eat weird exotic foods, and drink beer, and get paid for it......lot of stress there......lucky @#$% ! Plus, he might miss out on his Turkey hunting. The man has a heck of a burden to carry...... ::) I think we should all chip in and buy him a "Rosetta Stone" course in Portuguese. ;) But then we might as well get one for Chinese, and Swahili, and what ever other language they speak in India. I think anyone of us would be willing to purchase these items out of our own pocket , and learn them, and be his personal translator, if we could get to go with him on his adventures. Well not to India, but China, wow, that would be cool! :o 8) I don't know if it is a good idea to google earth, to see Eddie, we might catch him stuffing the skin of one of the local critters in his pocket. But he seems to be holding up pretty well despite wining and dining, and tourist type travel he has to do, and the occasional stream wading.
I hope he watches for leaches, in the water, and on the edges of the streams. I wonder if he takes a pan with him, on these stream excursions? Ooooh, shiny rocks...... ::)
Wayne
mullet:
It's not a meteor crater. That was one of the first thing the Geologist showed me. It is an ancient Volcanic chute. It's left over from when South America was connected to Africa. This whole area is volcanic. And what you think is irrigation is mostly coffee and soybeans. I talked to the Biologist today that is doing the enviromental study. He said just watch out for the viper's and coral snake. They have the same, exact coral snake we have in Florida. He told me the rattlesnakes are mostly in the mine area.
If you go south of the crater and east down the highway I'm not working not far from there. I'll get off and post the longs and lats. I've got google earth loaded on here.
Hotel is: 18 56' 26.43"S 46 59' 43.23" W go east through town to hwy MG 230 I'm working here: 19 00' 47.73"S 46 54' 31.15" W
Hey Wayne, there isn't any stream wading going on here. These is the easiest I've ever had it here. I don't want to get dirty, wet or even break a sweat unless it's having fun. Hell, they gave me my on office today and are going to buy me a new cell phone Monday so I can call the states. First time Nextel hasn't worked for me here. But, they like me. And just found out I'll probally be going to Peru instead of India. ;D
Diligence:
I'm looking at you now....too cool.
You know, I thought that might be an old volcanoe core, but I did not know that brazil had ancient geology like that. I couldn't figure out how the crater had been filled in with material with no signs of rivers near it....now I know. lol
re: the irrigation, to the west of town there are a bunch of perfect circles....figured it was long line irrigation.
Sure looks like pleasant country side, since the imagery is circa 2007, is there an existing development at that location...unless that's classified.
J
mullet:
To the west of town is where they grow most of the Soy beans. I saw it coming from the last airport I stopped at in Ubalandia, It means "land of udders" :D The coffee is in the hills. I didn't know the geology of Brazil was that old either. But I met and have eaten dinner , breakfast and been given some classes from a geologist that is a national hero here. He discovered Phosphate ore in Brazil. One of his students has a Doctorate and is a consultant on this job has been helping me out with the geology. The stuff we are finding at 25 meters is ancient seabottom with volcanic upheavels. It is really cool, I've never seen that before.
There is no developement, yet, except for Senor Miguel and the Monsignor's houses. There is a group of farmers and ranchers that meet every morning at 7:30 and pray for a half hour they don't build the plant and gyp stack here. They are also the last ones wanting more money to sell their places. :)
John K:
Good stuff Eddie, thanks for taking me along !
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