The Finale

The GNOSINT Project was quite the competition. I started doing their challenges at around September 5th, making my account at around a week after. At the moment I am placed top 50, having completed every challenge. There was some struggle with some of these challenges, but with some breaks and perseverance, those images were geolocated. 

Now we find GNOSINT for one last time (for now). 

We can start by reverse image searching the picture. Using Google Lens it yields:

The AllTrails result looks quite similar if we compare the carvings. Clicking on it results in more images being shown. We should use the image we found to assist in our geolocation. 

Reverse image searching our new photo up gives us Gutman's Cave, whose carvings are the same as our original image. 

Farming Bellingcat challenges

Verifying claims is one of the most important things you have to do in OSINT. With verifying claims, you can make sure you're accurate. The amount of malinformation being spread with the intent of harassing an individual is quite scary. If you're an internet vigilante which I do not encourage you to become, at the very least, you should verify before going after your target. 

On a more lighthearted note, let's try and find where this airplane is flying over. 

(Image from https://challenge.bellingcat.com/)

Let's start by inputting this image into Google Lens. 

Looks like we got a hit!

This image comes from the SnoValley Tilth company's blog, and it definitely seems like they operate somewhere close to the river shown in the challenge. 

This island of trees looks familiar...

Searching SnoValley Tilth, you get a place near two rivers, one is Tolt River, and the other is the Snoqualmie River. During this challenge I had a hunch that they operated next to the Snoqualmie River. My reasoning is that the Snoqualmie River has more vegetation than the Tolt and looking at the image there's trees all around, making it more likely that they operate closer to the Snoqualmie than the Tolt. Despite the sureness that the Snoqualmie is the river shown here, we should double check due to the chance, though small, that the river shown is actually the Tolt. 

Let's try to find if there's hidden metadata in our original image via an Exif data viewer.

Looks like we got a hit!

Though Exif data is rare to find in images in many social media websites, with blogs, you have more luck. Inputting our coordinates, we should recieve...

Looks like we found our oxbow lake!

If you're lucky to use Exif data, the latitudes and longitudes it gives you is pretty accurate to where an image is taken, however in the case Exif data could not be used, looking at the landform of the two rivers and accounting for the farms can get you your answer.