Topic: Where are we? (GoogleEarth Quiz)

A bit of entertainment for some. Post a GoogleEarth screenshot of a more or less famous or interesting place/building and let others guess where and what it is - and why it is special. Of course not neighbours garden big_smile Please join!

http://en.zimagez.com/miniature/wherearewe1.jpg

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Here is one that is fun.  But I will give the location, and you can find out what is there.

http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/6540/screenshotgoogleearth.th.png

Put this in your Google Earth, or just put it into the Google search engine.  When viewing  Google Maps, select satellite view. Then zoom in. big_smile

Last edited by Cope57 (2011-09-30 07:01:39)

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^ Ha, branded big_smile

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machinebacon wrote:

A bit of entertainment for some. Post a GoogleEarth screenshot of a more or less famous or interesting place/building and let others guess where and what it is - and why it is special. Of course not neighbours garden big_smile Please join!

Any clues? So far I haven't got one.

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^ It's a "show-off" building which never got completed smile

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Ah, so it's Pyongyang. smile

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^ aiBo is the winner, yeah: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryugyong_Hotel (for this shit they have the money, but the people are starving)

Actually it's your turn now smile

Last edited by machinebacon (2011-10-05 00:57:42)

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Ah, good deal.  I could see the shadow and I thought I knew what it was but all I could come up with was _______ .  lol

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I thought already it was something East Asian but could not find it.

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^ me too. At first I thought it was Taipei 101 but when I zoomed in I noticed I was wrong.
@ machinebacon: this was new to me but indeed shocking and a perfect example of megalomania.

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@aiBo, it is your turn, this is fun. But note, I am a geographer.

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until aiBo comes back we can keep it rolling - "out of sight is not out of mind"

http://www.zimagez.com/miniature/screenshot-10052011-035633pm.php

http://www.zimagez.com/miniature/screenshot-10052011-040348pm.php

Last edited by machinebacon (2011-10-05 08:04:46)

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Sorry, didn't thought about throwing a new one in. Thanks for keeping it rolling, machinebacon. smile
The colors in this one looks interesting.

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^ That one is somehow difficult, no idea. I thought about the Mediterranean. But maybe I am totally wrong.

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aiBo you can anytime upload something, we just guess ins Blaue hinein big_smile

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ivanovnegro wrote:

^ That one is somehow difficult, no idea. I thought about the Mediterranean. But maybe I am totally wrong.

I give you a hint:

Gur pbagvarag vf Nzrevpn

using www.rot13.com

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^ big_smile. Ok, obviously I was wrong.

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^ If not the location - what do we actually see there? wink

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^ Do you mean this brown/green colors and there is a lake maybe, or is it the sea?

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Yeah, I mean the strange colours which look like lakes (and actually are, kind of). It's funny: if you know the location, you know what is special about the lakes - and if you know the lakes, you know the location (this area of the city nearby is quite famous - very famous, actually)

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Wow, this is a though one. I was thinking in a very different direction. And now there are so much hints, but I still have no clue. I love it big_smile

Got a picture now, too. This time no city is involved. ( AND NO LAKES!!11) wink
http://ompldr.org/tYW55aw

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Eiger Nordwand?

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Indeed it is a famous north-west wall, but not at the Eiger. Also it is not limestone, but igneous rock.

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^ Oh yes! There's not much snow on the screenshot. Are we on the American continent?

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Yes, we are.