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English
"The Blinking Dot", a tribute to the forest at night.
Ever wondered how the forest acts at dusk/night?
Well, here's your chance!
The blinking dot is a new concept in geocaching.
At nightfall or during the night, go to the coordinates given above (park here N 56 25.722 E 8 24.689).
From there, looking into the woods in westly direction, you should be able to see a blinking red dot some 10 meters down.
It spreads at a 45deg angle, is pretty faint and only lights up every 3 seconds so it may take a little patience to see it.
(this was made to conserve energy: the battery should last for more than a year at temperatures between -15 & +30C).
Once you've seen it, proceed towards its position and on the ground below, you'll find a small glass jar.
The cache contains: Logbook, pencils, pencilsharpener, a Sheriffs Star, a 3.5mm stereo jack plug, some chinese candy, a lemon refreshing tissue and a small pink
'hair thing'.
To avoid vandalization, the cache is placed in a remote area and although the terrain is quite easy, I've rated the difficulty rather high.
This is due to the fact, that you may have to deal with the psychological stress of being (alone?) in the dark. Also you may have to walk a little back and forth to see the dot through the branches
One last plea: DO NOT open the actual blinking dot, as this will degrade its resistance to rain and you may damage the electronic circuits. Instead,look at the pictures below to see the insides of it. It's all made by cheap 'off the shelf' components.
Have fun out there, -and enjoy the forest at night.
Dansk
"Den Blinkende Prik", en hyldest til skoven om natten.
Har du nogensinde tænkt på hvordan skoven opfører sig om natten? I så fald kan du nu opleve det!
Den blinkede prik er et nyt koncept ved geocaching. Gå ud til de angivne koordinater ved skumringstid eller om natten (parker her N 56 25.722 E 8 24.689).
Derfra skulle du inde i skoven i vestlig retning kunne se en blinkende rød prik, ca. 10 meter fra hvor du står.
Den kan ses i en vinkel på omkring 45grd, lyser ganske svagt og kun hvert 3de sekund (for at spare batteri: den skulle kunne køre i minimum et år ved temperaturer mellem -15 & +30C).
Når du har set den, kan du finde en lille glaskrukke på/i jorden under den. Cachen indeholder logbog, blyanter, blyantspidser, en Sheriffstjerne, et 3.5mm stereo jackstik, noget kinesisk slik, en citron-vådserviet og en lille lyserød 'tingest' til håret.
For at undgå hærværk, er cachen placeret i et ret øde skovområde og selvom det er rimeligt let at komme rundt til fods, har jeg alligevel valgt at give den en relativt stor sværhedsgrad, primært pga det psykologiske stress ved at
skulle være (alene?) i mørket så lang tid. Desuden kan det være nødvendigt at gå lidt frem og tilbage for at se prikken mellem grenene.
En lille bøn: FORSØG IKKE at åbne boxen med den blinkende prik! Du risikerer at svække dens modstandsdygtighed overfor vind&vejr og du kan komme til at ødelægge elektronikken indeni. Kig istedetfor på billederne forneden for at se hvordan den ser ud indeni. Den er lavet af billige standardkomponenter.
God fornøjelse, -og nyd skoven ved nattetide.
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