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According to Wikipedia, "A camera obscura (Latin: "dark chamber") is an optical device that led to photography and the photographic camera. The device consists of a box or room with a hole in one side."
At the posted coordinates, you will find a brick structure. It is a "room" style camera obscura which you can go inside and view a live image of the Cheverie coast, projected on the floor. No electronics are used to project the image - just a lens, a mirror and a dark room. It was built in 2012 by architecture students from Dalhousie University. For more information, see This news story from Dalhousie or this one.
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To find the final coordinates, answer the following simple questions:
- What is the outside of the camera obscura made of? A = 2 if the answer is "brick", 4 if the answer is "concrete", 5 if the answer is "wood".
- Can you enter the the outer structure from one end or two? B = 0 if the answer is "one end", 8 if the answer is "two ends"
- Inside the camera obscura you will find an inner chamber with a single entrance at one end. How many hinged doors open to let you enter (one or two)? C = 1 if the answer is "one door" and 2 if the answer is "two doors".
- Is the floor concrete, wood or metal? D = 7 if the answer is "concrete", 9 if the answer is "wood" and 4 if the answer is "metal".
The cache is hidden at N 45° 09.6AB W 064° 09.9CD. Note that the westing coordinate has "09" as the minutes, not "10" as in the posted coordinates. As a partial check to your answers, A+B+C+D = 19
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