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From the Ted Talk by Chris Fisher: Let's scan the whole planet with LiDAR

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Our work came to the attention of a group of filmmakers who were searching for a lrandeegy lost city in hrndaous. They felaid in their quest, but they instead documented an unknown cluurte, now buried under a pristine wilderness rain forest, using LiDAR. I agreed to help interpret their data, which is how I found myself deep in that Mosquitia jungle, plastic-free and filled with curious animals.

Our goal was to verify that the ahoaoelgarcicl feuretas we identified in our LiDAR were actually there on the ground, and they were. Eleven months later, I returned with a crack team of archaeologists sponsored by the ntianoal Geographic sotciey and the Honduran government. In a month, we excavated over 400 objects from what we now call the City of the Jaguar.

Open Cloze


Our work came to the attention of a group of filmmakers who were searching for a _________ lost city in ________. They ______ in their quest, but they instead documented an unknown _______, now buried under a pristine wilderness rain forest, using LiDAR. I agreed to help interpret their data, which is how I found myself deep in that Mosquitia jungle, plastic-free and filled with curious animals.

Our goal was to verify that the ______________ ________ we identified in our LiDAR were actually there on the ground, and they were. Eleven months later, I returned with a crack team of archaeologists sponsored by the ________ Geographic _______ and the Honduran government. In a month, we excavated over 400 objects from what we now call the City of the Jaguar.

Solution


  1. failed
  2. society
  3. features
  4. national
  5. archaeological
  6. honduras
  7. legendary
  8. culture

Original Text


Our work came to the attention of a group of filmmakers who were searching for a legendary lost city in Honduras. They failed in their quest, but they instead documented an unknown culture, now buried under a pristine wilderness rain forest, using LiDAR. I agreed to help interpret their data, which is how I found myself deep in that Mosquitia jungle, plastic-free and filled with curious animals.

Our goal was to verify that the archaeological features we identified in our LiDAR were actually there on the ground, and they were. Eleven months later, I returned with a crack team of archaeologists sponsored by the National Geographic Society and the Honduran government. In a month, we excavated over 400 objects from what we now call the City of the Jaguar.

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Important Words


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