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Unknown CacheMoon Over Queen Anne

A cache by markta     Hidden: 1/15/2005

Size: Size: Micro (Micro)     Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5     Terrain: 1 out of 5 (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)


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In Washington, United States

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A micro cache at a spectacular Queen Anne vista.

The above coordinates are not correct!  

This cache is located in a spectacular Queen Anne viewpoint that is a great place to see the moon.  In addition, this cache celebrates the life and work of Dr. William Moon (1818 - 1894), seen at right.  After a bout of scarlet fever, Moon lost his sight at age 21.  Like many who lost their sight after childhood, he found Braille to be unsatisfactory.  So in 1845 he invented his own embossed reading system which today is called Moon Writing.  Rather than the dots of Braille, Moon Writing is made up of raised curves. Its entire alphabet is made up of only 9 curves in various orientations.  In more advanced forms of Moon writing, the characters can represent individual sounds, parts of words, whole words or numbers.  About 900 Moon characters fit on one 10" x 12"page.

Because it takes much longer to produce a work in Moon, Braille is much more common.  In fact Moon Writing has diminished in popularity so much that it is only in use by about 400 people, most of whom reside in England.

The coordinates for this cache are:

 

The hide is a none-too-clever one - it's an Altoids tin with a magnetic personality.  Sadly the great moon-viewing bench is not metal, so you'll have to look elsewhere.  The coordinates should put you within a couple feet at which point you should use your GeoSense.  There's room for only the smallest of trinket trading.

You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.

 

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Dr. William Moon

Moon Writing

The Moon

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Found it179     Didn't find it4     Write note5     

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 February 9 by PetePulliam (185 found)
Thanks for bringing me to another pocket park I didn't know about. Traded TBs, SL.

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 February 7 by Maxa&Co (449 found)
We love finding caches in places like that! Quick find, dropping a GC. TFTC

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 January 25 by Moun10Bike (7735 found)
The markta puzzles on Queen Anne are some of the oldest solved-but-unvisited caches in my GSAK database; it seems that Queen Anne is simply an area that I rarely get to. Now that Groundspeak has moved nearby, though, I'm going to try to pick things off!

This was my first cache of the day and my geosense got me to the container right away. It looks like there are no longer any magnets holding the cache in place, but it appears safe in its hiding location. Thanks for the hunt and nice views!

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Photo View east over Seattle from near the cache

 January 22 by charliewhiskey (804 found)
Oh my goodness - I can't believe I didn't find this the last time I looked a year ago! And I can't believe I missed it this time the first time I checked that spot!!! DOH! But, hey, found is found. I especially love caches that have a convenient spot nearby upon which to sit while signing the log, which is nice and dry. Despite searching for this after dark, I still had to wait out occasional joggers and passing cars, but I didn't mind because it was a clear, spectacularly beautiful (although cold) night to look out over the city's lights. There was even a (quarter) moon out! Thanks for another fun puzzle and for bringing me to another great Seattle spot!

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 January 19 by lamoracke (2889 found)
have not done the traditionals around this cache on the map yet but the puzzle seemed an easy solve so I grabbed this one while in the area. The traditionals will wait for another time, maybe. Nice view.

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Current Time: 2/10/2010 12:04:21 AM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (8:04 AM GMT)
Last Updated: 2/9/2010 3:28:20 PM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (11:28 PM GMT)
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Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum


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