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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby johnw » Sat 14 Mar, 2015 7:36 pm

Mt Raung?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby eggs » Sun 15 Mar, 2015 7:47 am

Well done John.
Raung it is - seen from an Adelaide to Singapore flight
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby johnw » Sun 15 Mar, 2015 9:12 am

eggs wrote:Well done John.
Raung it is - seen from an Adelaide to Singapore flight

Thanks Brian, that one took quite a bit of research - a lot of volcanos around those parts :).

Back to the USA. Name the water feature, bonus point for any other info:
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Donner Lake - Sierra Nevada Mountains, California USA
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby johnw » Mon 16 Mar, 2015 12:57 pm

This locale is associated with a series of tragic events in US history.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby wayno » Mon 16 Mar, 2015 3:17 pm

johnw wrote:This locale is associated with a series of tragic events in US history.


richard nixon was born there?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby GPSGuided » Mon 16 Mar, 2015 5:01 pm

Spirit Lake off Mt St Helens in WA? That mount in the background looked like the remains of the dome.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby eggs » Mon 16 Mar, 2015 7:10 pm

Mount St Helens is still quite huge - and I don't remember major freeways traversing anywhere near it?
I had thought Tallahatchie Bridge - but I think that doesn't fit.. :shock:
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby GPSGuided » Mon 16 Mar, 2015 7:47 pm

Ummm... Good point. Didn't quite see the freeways. Was just a guess based on what looked like the remnant of a volcano.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby johnw » Mon 16 Mar, 2015 10:14 pm

wayno wrote:
johnw wrote:This locale is associated with a series of tragic events in US history.

richard nixon was born there?

lol, very good wayno :). However the freeway in the background is named after a former US president (not that one).

GPSGuided wrote:Spirit Lake off Mt St Helens in WA

Too far north.

eggs wrote:I had thought Tallahatchie Bridge - but I think that doesn't fit..

Now you have me singing that tune in my head :). Too far east.

This is in a major mountain range and there is a much larger lake not too far to the south east.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby eggs » Mon 16 Mar, 2015 10:24 pm

Donner Lake and Dwight D Eisenhower Highway.
Might be Castle Peak at the back?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby johnw » Mon 16 Mar, 2015 10:32 pm

eggs wrote:Donner Lake and Dwight D Eisenhower Highway.

That's it eggs. In the Sierra Nevada range and associated with the ill fated 19th century Donner Party. I read the harrowing tale on my Kindle last year, written by one of the survivors.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby eggs » Mon 16 Mar, 2015 11:20 pm

They were good clues John.

Back to Africa now - what am I looking at?
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The Gorges Valley and Hall Tarns, with the 1000 foot cliff face called the Temple - from Point Lenana, Mt Kenya
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby eggs » Tue 17 Mar, 2015 5:20 pm

I haven't seen much of Africa..
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby GPSGuided » Tue 17 Mar, 2015 5:39 pm

Drakensberg Mountains in Sth Africa?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby eggs » Tue 17 Mar, 2015 5:56 pm

Overnighted in Johannesburg. But that is my South Africa experience to date. This is associated with volcanic activity.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby GPSGuided » Tue 17 Mar, 2015 7:48 pm

Just Johannesburg, not Cape Town? Mystery.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby Champion_Munch » Tue 17 Mar, 2015 8:43 pm

Looks like you might be up on Kili?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby eggs » Tue 17 Mar, 2015 9:24 pm

[It was a couple flights from Zambia then connecting through to Singapore - that happened to transit overnight at Joberg]

Kili is nice and big - and I saw it from the plane - very impressive.
But I reckon this place is more dramatic than Kili. And what I am looking at is one of its most impressive features.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby icefest » Tue 17 Mar, 2015 10:11 pm

Kenya?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby eggs » Tue 17 Mar, 2015 10:56 pm

This was taken near the top of Mt Kenya. So now to narrow down what i am looking at?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby johnw » Wed 18 Mar, 2015 8:52 am

eggs wrote:This was taken near the top of Mt Kenya. So now to narrow down what i am looking at?

After looking at a map I will take a stab - Overlooking Gorges Valley, Hall Tarns, Lake Michaelson and Lake Ellis from Point Lenana (or thereabouts)?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby eggs » Wed 18 Mar, 2015 9:16 am

That was quite thorough John. The Gorges Valley and Hall Tarns, with the 1000 foot cliff face called the Temple.
This is the path that the Chogoria route to Mt Kenya takes, but since we were not going that way - I particularly wanted to get some views from the tops.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby johnw » Wed 18 Mar, 2015 10:27 pm

eggs wrote:That was quite thorough John. The Gorges Valley and Hall Tarns, with the 1000 foot cliff face called the Temple.
This is the path that the Chogoria route to Mt Kenya takes, but since we were not going that way - I particularly wanted to get some views from the tops.

Thanks eggs, you've been to some fascinating places in Africa. I can see it will be another destination to add to my bucket list. I'd better hope to live to 150 :shock:.

USA. Name the two rivers immediately in front of me where my hike has come to an abrupt halt?
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Confluence of Boiling River and Gardner River - Yellowstone NP, Wyoming USA
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby johnw » Fri 20 Mar, 2015 8:10 am

johnw wrote:USA. Name the two rivers immediately in front of me where my hike has come to an abrupt halt?

These two watercourses have very different properties. The one on the left is named after the physical clues that are visible in the photo. If you can guess the name you'll probably get the other river fairly easily. I'm off to put the kettle on.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby iandsmith » Fri 20 Mar, 2015 1:21 pm

I'm guessing New Zealand, looks like a hot flow on the left hand side.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby wobbly » Fri 20 Mar, 2015 5:36 pm

Great clues Confluence of Boiling and Gardner rivers in Yellowstone?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby johnw » Sat 21 Mar, 2015 12:38 am

wobbly wrote:Great clues Confluence of Boiling and Gardner rivers in Yellowstone?

Yes, spot on wobbly. One of many interesting geothermal features in Yellowstone. Your turn.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby wobbly » Sat 21 Mar, 2015 12:39 pm

Thanks
Sticking with a geothermal theme- whats the name of the walk or area this photo was taken in. Hint -its in Europe.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby wobbly » Sun 22 Mar, 2015 1:29 pm

Its quite a popular spot with locals and foreigners as this shot of the car park shows.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby GPSGuided » Sun 22 Mar, 2015 2:02 pm

In Iceland?
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