Subject: hopeful arbruy claim busted<br/>
Date: Oct 29, 2002 @ 20:18<br/>
Author: acroorca2002 (&quot;acroorca2002&quot; &lt;orc@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1322107866">some of you may recall from message 760<br/>
this pic of the old brazilian witness monument overlooking arbruy<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.info.lncc.br/wrmkkk/13pinice.html">http://www.info.lncc.br/wrmkkk/13pinice.html</a><br/>
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& judging from the position of the boat in the foreground<br/>
the photographer was evidently standing very near the shore <br/>
where the quarai meets the uruguai at the foot of ilha brasileira<br/>
so near & yet so far from the actual tripoint just behind him<br/>
yikes<br/>
& which was probably in clear view of the people in the photo<br/>
more yikes<br/>
as you may better visualize with the help of this detail map<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.info.lncc.br/wrmkkk/umap3.html">http://www.info.lncc.br/wrmkkk/umap3.html</a><br/>
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so for years now i have been looking for the elusive picture of <br/>
what those folks actually saw over the photographers shoulders<br/>
so as to complete what should probably have been<br/>
for them at least <br/>
an easy class c or d visit<br/>
<br/>
or perhaps it was even a class b visit if they tried with the boat<br/>
rather than the impressive but still elusive class e visit shown <br/>
<br/>
but failing that <br/>
any longer range or even an aerial view of the river confluence<br/>
would still have completed my own virtual journey<br/>
at least until something better came along<br/>
for we are always improving upon everything here anyway<br/>
<br/>
well imagine my delight when i finally found this pic today<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://okapi.com.ar/alternativas.htm">http://okapi.com.ar/alternativas.htm</a><br/>
purporting to be just such an aerial view of the triple frontier<br/>
& appearing within the context of an ad for an airplane excursion<br/>
over the tricountry area<br/>
& seeming very much to provide a first actual glimpse of the tp<br/>
<br/>
but then <br/>
when i compared the pic to the detail map linked above<br/>
just to make sure it was what it claimed to be<br/>
well you can see for yourself<br/>
the view is not of the correct confluence at all<br/>
but rather only of the cross channel above the head of the island<br/>
rather than where the 2 thalwegs really converge below it<br/>
<br/>
so another false claim bites the dust<br/>
& again here we are so near & yet so far<br/>
but in fact not really so near as before</div>