{"id":138941,"date":"2024-07-31T09:13:54","date_gmt":"2024-07-31T16:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/?p=138941"},"modified":"2024-07-31T09:17:07","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T16:17:07","slug":"cache-hiding-themes-july-outer-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/2024\/07\/cache-hiding-themes-july-outer-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Cache Hiding Themes\u2014July: outer space"},"content":{"rendered":"

In honor of Cosmic Quest,<\/a> July\u2019s hiding theme is all about outer space!<\/p>\n

Geocachers from around the galaxy stepped up to share their out-of-this-world caches in celebration. These hides are truly stellar and we couldn\u2019t \u201cplan-et\u201d any better if we tried! Take a look at just a few of the submissions we gravitated towards:<\/p>\n

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  1. GC9GCHA<\/a>\u2014E.T. rides again
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    E.T. phone home! Meet this beloved intergalactic friend and pedal him to the cache with this creative hide. You don\u2019t have to travel as many light-years as it would take to get him home, but you do have to pedal fast enough to unlock the cache container!<\/li>\n

  2. GCATX4F<\/a>\u2014CHT2024] Juillet : Espace
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    What\u2019s better than a rocket hide? A rocket hide right next to<\/em> an actual rocket! Check out this thematic cache outside of a science museum and imagine blasting off on an astral adventure.<\/li>\n

  3. GC9ZWP9<\/a>\u2014\ud83e\ude9d\ud83d\udc7dEL GAAANCHOOOO!!! \ud83d\udc7d\ud83e\ude9d
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    The claaaaaw! The claw chooses who will go and who will stay, but we choose this cache as one of our favorites! Visit everyone\u2019s favorite toy aliens (and maybe some trackables) in this claw-inspired geocache.<\/li>\n

  4. GC1DH7G<\/a>\u2014Area 24 UFO Crash Cache Site 5<\/strong><\/strong>\n
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    This isn\u2019t just a cache, this is a real UFO crash site! See if you can find this visitor and their tiny ship near this desert mesa.<\/li>\n

  5. GCAK2JP<\/a>\u2014Cosmic Eyes
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    Space isn\u2019t just about stars and aliens, there\u2019s a science to it! This educational Multi-Cache takes visitors through the Nobeyama Radio Observatory where they can see instruments built to observe solar and cosmic radio waves.<\/li>\n

  6. GCAPA2K<\/a> (A Galaxy Far, Far Away) and GCANWNA<\/a> (A Trip to the Stars ***)
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    Team Rock Album has a knack for creating guitar-themed Event logbooks. These two caches are no exception, as they looked to the stars for inspiration! Though these Events may have passed, their memory lives forever in these spaceship-themed memorabilia.<\/li>\n

  7. GCAVDEP<\/a>\u2014”We Cache In Peace” – Cosmic Quest
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    Images by zumby65.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    \u201cWe cache in peace! No, really, we just want this bison tube\u2026\u201d This cache owner turned a classic geocache hide into a creative cosmic cache with some paint and miniature aliens. We\u2019d be scared if they just weren\u2019t so adorable!<\/li>\n

  8. GC9T9EJ<\/a>\u2014Un OVNI a Bellvitge!
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    Image by jokergil.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    The news is abuzz with talks of a UFO landing on a building downtown! Complete this Wherigo to get a seat on the UFO and find the final interstellar cache container.<\/li>\n

  9. GCAQGAF<\/a>\u2014Close Encounters of the Cache Kind
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    \u201cTake us to your geocache.\u201d These extraterrestrial visitors are collecting specimens on Earth to take back to their home planet, and one of them is a geocache! Find the cache container on board their ship and sign the logbook before it blasts off into the galaxy.<\/li>\n

  10. GC7QEJJ<\/a>\u2014Space Invader<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>\n
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    This Letterbox Hybrid is really out of this world! Activate the spaceship to reach the logbook and start your caching adventure off with a bang.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    These geocaches really shot for the stars!<\/p>\n

    A big thank you to the cache owners across the universe who have hidden stellar geocaches in their community. You\u2019re all stars!<\/p>\n

    Don\u2019t forget to log your finds for Cosmic Quest<\/a> by September 1, 2024. Help our intergalactic friends refuel their spaceship so they can make it to their next cosmic destination!<\/p>\n

    August\u2019s cache hiding theme is focused on all things water and nautical! Make a splash and share your favorite aquatic caches by filling out this form<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    In honor of Cosmic Quest, July\u2019s hiding theme is all about outer space! Geocachers from around the galaxy stepped up to share their out-of-this-world caches in celebration. These hides are truly stellar and we couldn\u2019t \u201cplan-et\u201d any better if we tried! Take a look at just a few of the submissions we gravitated towards:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":138949,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[134],"tags":[1807,666,1682,1804,1679],"series":[],"class_list":["post-138941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-cosmic","tag-hiding","tag-monthly","tag-space","tag-theme"],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/d3mo08i005h0zn.cloudfront.net\/blog\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Cache-Hiding-Themes-2024-14-2.png","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/seriously-simple-podcasting\/assets\/images\/no-album-art.png","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"stitcher":{"key":"stitcher","url":"","label":"Stitcher","class":"stitcher","icon":"stitcher.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/inside-geocaching-hq-podcast","embedCode":"

    Cache Hiding Themes\u2014July: outer space<\/a><\/blockquote>