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Phyltre · Decorated Joined: 17 Jun 2007 Posts: 161

I've been Flickring Mt. Elgon just to get a feel for the terrain (even though we're 500 years away from what any of this looked like in the trailer) and came across this image, which doesn't look too far off from some of the things we have seen in trailers:

http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=461499364&size=l

**Posted:** Tue Jun 19, 2007 6:33 pm

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**Posted:** Tue Jun 19, 2007 6:35 pm

LordIllidan · Unfettered Joined: 16 Jun 2007 Posts: 737

**Posted:** Tue Jun 19, 2007 6:40 pm

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**Posted:** Tue Jun 19, 2007 6:41 pm

dv8 · Veteran Joined: 05 Nov 2004 Posts: 72

I'm getting slightly different locations for the coordinates:

http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?searchtype=address&formtype=address&latlongtype=decimal&latitude=01.12&longitude=34.53

Still within the same region though.
Can someone else confirm?

**Posted:** Tue Jun 19, 2007 6:48 pm

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I think we've got the basic premise for the area. I mean, how are we to very specifically designate a point of reference handed down from the future, anyway?

**Posted:** Tue Jun 19, 2007 6:50 pm

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dv8 · Veteran Joined: 05 Nov 2004 Posts: 72

In the region there's the Ngorongoro Crater.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ngorongoro_Crater_Panorama.jpg

Compare to:

http://www.halo3.com/images/screenshots/downloads/structure.jpg

Looks similar, but admittedly, so will probably a hundred other sites.

**Posted:** Tue Jun 19, 2007 6:52 pm

epmatsw · Boot Joined: 16 Jun 2007 Posts: 23

Oops.

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**Posted:** Tue Jun 19, 2007 6:54 pm

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dv8 · Veteran Joined: 05 Nov 2004 Posts: 72

Also nearby is the Olduvai Gorge, commonly referred to as the "cradle of mankind"

Here's the wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olduvai_Gorge

Interesting to note that in Arthur C. Clarke's "2001", this is the location of the 1st monolith.

**Posted:** Tue Jun 19, 2007 6:55 pm

Nola · Unfettered Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 675

Image courtesy of google earth. Ellipse courtesy of Nola.

**Posted:** Tue Jun 19, 2007 6:56 pm

PyroSporker · Boot Joined: 21 Sep 2004 Posts: 17 Location: Minnesota

Irony? Or Cosmic conincidence?

**Posted:** Tue Jun 19, 2007 7:08 pm

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**Posted:** Tue Jun 19, 2007 7:33 pm

Drew · Boot Joined: 16 Jun 2007 Posts: 36

Nice job, dv8.

Also, here's an overlay of the glyph on the mountain:

http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/9265/thatonemountainpu0.png

And an analysis of how large the Ark is:

http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/2641/wmplayer200706191547398pu6.png

Using this page:

http://nikon.bungie.org/misc/sloftus_scalecomparison/?display=CapitalShips

It seems to be about 7.5 miles across, but my money is more on 8 or 9.

**Posted:** Tue Jun 19, 2007 7:37 pm

Phyltre · Decorated Joined: 17 Jun 2007 Posts: 161

Well, we've been thrown three sets of numbers thus far--and they all resolve to coordinates in Africa. The first has already been mentioned; the second two are part of the image name of AR's new avatar, which is MB05032_09_25_07. Entering these two numbers as coordinates, one gets the following:

http://i10.tinypic.com/678o19i.jpg

Your guess is a good as mine, but three places in Africa seems like a bit more than coincidence.

edit:

Wait, no, there are FOUR!

http://i12.tinypic.com/4q3zmlu.jpg

**Posted:** Tue Jun 19, 2007 9:01 pm