Name That Skyline - Picture Game

[D.B.Moody]

That it is. You're up @DBhomebrew.

Edit: Quick @dirkomatic, but I was already naming @DBhomebrew, apparently while you answered.

 

[dirkomatic]

That it is. You're up @DBhomebrew.

Edit: Quick @dirkomatic, but I was already naming @DBhomebrew, apparently while you answered.

Yeah... it was three posts in rapid succession. His post wasn't there when I started typing and your reply wasn't there when mine was posted. No problem. @DBhomebrew got it fair and square

 

[DBhomebrew]

 

[D.B.Moody]

Phoenix, Arizona

Edit: Not a clue on bonus points. I was up on Camelback Mountain once, but it was at night. No view like that.

 

[DBhomebrew]

@D.B.Moody

Bonus points for vantage point?

 

[D.B.Moody]

@D.B.Moody

Bonus points for vantage point?

How about Dobbins Lookout, South Mountain Park?

 

[DBhomebrew]

You got it!

South Mountain dominates the southern horizon when viewed from town. Its array of tower lights is a prominent landmark day or night.

 

[DBhomebrew]

Phoenix, Arizona

Edit: Not a clue on bonus points. I was up on Camelback Mountain once, but it was at night. No view like that.

View of Camelback from South Mtn.

 

[D.B.Moody]

This is from 2013:

 

[dirkomatic]

Vehicles appear to be driving on the left, but possibly not... UK?

 

[D.B.Moody]

Not the UK.

 

[Northern_Brewer]

It feels familiar, like I've been there, but it doesn't trigger instant recognition in the same way as St Stephen's.

All those mansard roofs make me think of France, but it doesn't feel south-of-France. River isn't big enough to be the Loire unless we're way up in the upper reaches. Bridges look mostly post-WWII implying being bombed but that doesn't limit it too much - though it probably eliminates something like the Gironde.

 

[Andres Falconer]

Never has France looked so much like Britain! But I'm not saying more. I kinda cheated...

 

[dirkomatic]

I want to say Lyon, but I can't find anything which looks like that exact location.

 

[D.B.Moody]

I want to say Lyon. . .

Don't say Lyon, because it isn't. Take the cues from @Northern_Brewer and @Andres Falconer.

 

[Andres Falconer]

It angers me that I didn't try to guess before cheating on an image search. Just sayin'...

 

[dirkomatic]

Dammit... I actually looked at that stretch on Google Earth quite a while ago, but you have to get it in just the right spot before the tied-arch bridge actually looks like a tied-arch bridge. Andres's clue is just a little too on the nose

 

[Andres Falconer]

Dammit... I actually looked at that stretch on Google Earth quite a while ago, but you have to get it in just the right spot before the tied-arch bridge actually looks like a tied-arch bridge. Andres's clue is just a little too on the nose

What clue? Did I say anything?

 

[D.B.Moody]

, . .you have to get it in just the right spot before the tied-arch bridge actually looks like a tied-arch bridge.

Yes, if you move a bit things disappear behind trees or towers:

 

[Andres Falconer]

So who’s up now? Not me…

 

[dirkomatic]

Yes, if you move a bit things disappear behind trees or towers:

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Yeah, I found it... I had been at that same spot, but it didn't look quite right, mainly because the one bridge didn't look right until one heads up the river until it's really close

 

[Andres Falconer]

I seriously first thought it was Mortlake in London or somewhere along the Thames, but the bridges were wrong.

 

[dirkomatic]

So who’s up now? Not me…

I guess I could claim it, but I need to find a picture to post afterward.

 

[dirkomatic]

I seriously first thought it was Mortlake in London or somewhere along the Thames, but the bridges were wrong.

The cars parked on the left really threw me at first....

 

[dirkomatic]

Ok... I found something to use.

This one is Angers, France... Which is an interesting name.

 

[dirkomatic]

Yes, if you move a bit things disappear behind trees or towers:

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And I probably would have gotten it more quickly with this photo....

 

[D.B.Moody]

I guess I could claim it, but I need to find a picture to post afterward.

You really ought to overtly name it.

This one is Angers, France... Which is an interesting name.

As you do here. The first naming vs hinting.
You are up @dirkomatic.

 

[dirkomatic]

Ok... Another from "Places I have been, but this photo is a snag from Google maps."

 

[D.B.Moody]

San Antonio, Texas

 

[dirkomatic]

It is indeed San Antonio, TX.

Good job, @D.B.Moody. You're up.