Balanced Rocks - Answer

If you are tired of finding a pebble in millions of pebbles then try finding these balanced rocks. These are neither at the beach nor in the polar circle where such cairns are quite common.


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Inside (Yellow dot) View please!

Time to give a clue;

These are neither at the beach nor in the polar circle but are in;

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middle Earth and it has nothing to do with middle Earth in JL's post (see note below)

Edit note: I was unaware of this post by JL and came to know about it only after posting my clue. The location in this post has no connection with location in his post.

Taking cue from johnluke here is another clue;

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The middle Earth is not here;


Nor here;


Obviously it is in the .....

Jun 17, 2015 9:05:55 GMT CuriousJM said:

Taking cue from johnluke here is another clue;

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The middle Earth is not here;


Nor here;


Obviously it is in the .....

..in the moon? 

Jun 17, 2015 12:51:37 GMT johnluke said:

Jun 17, 2015 9:05:55 GMT CuriousJM said:

Taking cue from johnluke here is another clue;

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The middle Earth is not here;


Nor here;


Obviously it is in the .....

..in the moon? 

No. If it is neither at the top of World nor at the bottom of the World obviously the middle Earth is at the;

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...... of the World.

Equator? but that's 40k km long... 

Jun 17, 2015 13:26:58 GMT ndrqu said:

Equator? but that's 40k km long... 

C'mon ndrqu you don't have to travel all the 40k km, use your deductive skills. Observe the image in OP and remember it is a yellow dot and not blue-lined GSV. 

You are right, it's totaly doable  Thank you for the hints

one of the problems with such orange dots is, you have to go close, very close to finally see them...

i know i could enter an orange dot in GE a few days ago (something not possible for monthS)
but,
this one, i cannot see it in GE, only in nGM
(in GE i can enter it only because i know the location thanks to nGM)

How could I find four balanced rocks when I can't even find this precariously balanced ball ? 

Well done ndrqu and Krenek

Jun 18, 2015 18:15:01 GMT johnluke said:

How could I find four balanced rocks when I can't even find this precariously balanced ball ? 

Sorry johnluke for not giving clue to to precariously balanced ball. I have done it now.

As regards finding these Balanced Rocks here is another clue/hint for every one who hasn't found these stones yet.

I am sure by now you know where is middle Earth I am referring to. There are not many places in the middle Earth where on can find;

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white thing on the ground shown in OP (and I am not referring to the clouds! ).

As per Google search there are only 3 such places in the World. Out of these only one has the orange dots. If orange dots are not visible then try searching in Google for <Name of Place> + Google Street View.

Jun 16, 2015 9:30:54 GMT CuriousJM said:

If you are tired of finding a pebble in millions of pebbles 

"Tired" is not the word, because I didn't spend much time on it. But after searching "pebbles" and "rocks" in 360 Cities, there isn't much else I can do... 

As to these balanced rocks of yours, thanks for the clues, but Google isn't helping at all, and I've seen no orange dots so far.

I'll have to wait for the last clue, you know, the one that is "almost the answer".  

Jun 20, 2015 22:12:44 GMT johnluke said:

"Tired" is not the word, because I didn't spend much time on it. But after searching "pebbles" and "rocks" in 360 Cities, there isn't much else I can do... 
As to these balanced rocks of yours, thanks for the clues, but Google isn't helping at all, and I've seen no orange dots so far.

I'll have to wait for the last clue, you know, the one that is "almost the answer".  

johnluke I think you missed reading the final clue. You can't find it by  searching "pebbles" and "rocks" in 360 Cities. You have to search for places which are in the middle Earth and have;

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snow

There are not many such places and out of these places only one place has those yellow dots.

If you cannot see the yellow dots in the maps then you will have to follow the tip I gave earlier. I am highlighting it now in red.

Jun 19, 2015 6:40:12 GMT CuriousJM said:

As per Google search there are only 3 such places in the World. Out of these only one has the orange dots. If orange dots are not visible then try searching in Google for <Name of Place> + Google Street View.

If you are still having difficulty in identifying middle Earth then;

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"middle Earth" is same as "middle of Earth"

Jun 21, 2015 13:12:25 GMT CuriousJM said:

Jun 20, 2015 22:12:44 GMT johnluke said:

"Tired" is not the word, because I didn't spend much time on it. But after searching "pebbles" and "rocks" in 360 Cities, there isn't much else I can do... 
As to these balanced rocks of yours, thanks for the clues, but Google isn't helping at all, and I've seen no orange dots so far.

I'll have to wait for the last clue, you know, the one that is "almost the answer".  

johnluke I think you missed reading the final clue. You can't find it by  searching "pebbles" and "rocks" in 360 Cities. You have to search for places which are in the middle Earth and have;

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snow

I know that, JM, I was just referring to the puzzle you were referring to (ie the one with lots of pebbles) and replying to what you were saying. That puzzle is a 360 cities and you said "if you are tired" of that puzzle etc., and I said, "Tired is not the word" etc. 

Jun 21, 2015 13:41:32 GMT johnluke said:

Jun 21, 2015 13:12:25 GMT CuriousJM said:

johnluke I think you missed reading the final clue. You can't find it by  searching "pebbles" and "rocks" in 360 Cities. You have to search for places which are in the middle Earth and have;

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snow

I know that, JM, I was just referring to the puzzle you were referring to (ie the one with lots of pebbles) and replying to what you were saying. That puzzle is a 360 cities and you said "if you are tired" of that puzzle etc., and I said, "Tired is not the word" etc. 

Looks I misunderstood you. In any case I hope that you will atleast find these Balanced Rocks. As regards the Pebbles in the 360 cities I really got tired of searching for those pebbles and have given up the search.

I see you've been forgetting your puzzles, CuriousJM, please don't forget this one!   I can't wait for the solution. Even the google search clue didn't work for me. 

Jun 26, 2015 18:22:30 GMT johnluke said:

I see you've been forgetting your puzzles, CuriousJM, please don't forget this one!   I can't wait for the solution. Even the google search clue didn't work for me. 

Final clue before I give the answer! This time a Rebus clue;

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The second picture is a generic name and not a specific name!

I was there many times but couldn't find the matching image.
Finally, using the .be version ...

Only 3 answers in 586 views. I never realised that this one will turn out to be so difficult. Well done ndrqu, Krenek and Walter.

The answer is;

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The mid-earth obviously is the Equatorial region and only few peaks in this regions have ice. These are namely Chimborazo, Mount Stanley, Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya. Of these only Mount Kilimanjaro has Google Inside Views.

As per Google's Street View page about "The World's Highest Peaks" there are six yellow dots at Kilimanjaro and one of these has these balancing stones. The last Rebus clue points to "Arrow Glacier" where these stones can be found.

Actual view can be seen in this GSV.

Jul 1, 2015 9:35:14 GMT CuriousJM said:

Only 3 answers in 586 views. I never realised that this one will turn out to be so difficult. Well done ndrqu, Krenek and Walter.

The answer is;

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The mid-earth obviously is the Equatorial region and only few peaks in this regions have ice. These are namely Chimborazo, Mount Stanley, Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya. Of these only Mount Kilimanjaro has Google Inside Views.

As per Google's Street View page about "The World's Highest Peaks" there are six yellow dots at Kilimanjaro and one of these has these balancing stones. The last Rebus clue points to "Arrow Glacier" where these stones can be found.

Actual view can be seen in this GSV.

If this makes you feel better, I actually found it last night on my phone using your last clue (which really is the answer!), but didn't feel up to turn on the comp again, so I thought I'd wait until the next day, but.. too late! Oh well.   I "clicked" the map view with my finger, and there I was in the right area, moved forward two or three times and there were the stones. I slept like a baby. 

Which makes me think: that wasn't an orange dot, it must have been a blue line. But it looks like the same image, with the same guy in it. 

I had thought about Africa, although I was sure it was in South America (maybe because there's a country there called "Ecuador", and the French word for that country is the same word as the French for "equator". Middle earth, made sense.    )

Also, I have a question: is there a way to make the equator appear in GMSV? Because your puzzle sort of implied to go back and forth between GMSV looking for the orange dot and GE looking for possible areas around the equator. That's what put me off very quickly. 

Jul 1, 2015 14:47:35 GMT johnluke said:

If this makes you feel better, I actually found it last night on my phone using your last clue (which really is the answer!), but didn't feel up to turn on the comp again, so I thought I'd wait until the next day, but.. too late! Oh well.   I "clicked" the map view with my finger, and there I was in the right area, moved forward two or three times and there were the stones. I slept like a baby. 

Which makes me think: that wasn't an orange dot, it must have been a blue line. But it looks like the same image, with the same guy in it. 

I had thought about Africa, although I was sure it was in South America (maybe because there's a country there called "Ecuador", and the French word for that country is the same word as the French for "equator". Middle earth, made sense.    )

Also, I have a question: is there a way to make the equator appear in GMSV? Because your puzzle sort of implied to go back and forth between GMSV looking for the orange dot and GE looking for possible areas around the equator. That's what put me off very quickly. 

I am happy JL you were able to find it. May be I should have waited a bit more before posting the answer. In future I will wait at least 24 hours.