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D.B.Moody
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...of Gibraltar
D.B.Moody
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I'm glad you clarified this, because it could have been Gibralter, Alcatraz, the diamond Richard Burton gave Elizabeth Taylor 1969, or, nowadays (and I know this because I tried Googling "The Rock") a wrestler named Dwayne Johnson.
You're up @DBhomebrew.
More rocks.
Correct ocean
Saint Peter and Saint Paul archipelago outside Brazil.
That's it. Site of where Stephen Maturin is inadvertently marooned in HMS Surprise. Two books before, he observes the nighttime Battle of Algeciras from atop the rock of Gibraltar.
Close(depending on what part of the Kungsleden trail you refer to) but not quite there.
Ding ding, the border between Padjelanta and Sarek to be precise.
D.B.Moody
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I had another rock picture ready because I had Googled "Lighthouse archpelago atlantic ocean" last night, and the fourth image was that lighthouse. I decided to answer if it was open after lunch today. Well, it had been answered this morning and now the rock seems off subject compared to this:
BTW: not my picture (as if I had to say it.)
BTW: not my picture (as if I had to say it.)
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Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
D.B.Moody
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That is it. The last couple of places seemed to be in the middle of nowhere, and this related to Scandinavia and is on an archipelago but a picture I took of Hays, Kansas, not so much. You're up, @bruce_the_loon.
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Here we go again...
UK?
Yep.
Wye College hop farm?
Nope, about 70km off target
D.B.Moody
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I think this is a cue for the next in queue.
Come on people, how much longer are we going to stand in this line waiting for the future to grow around us?
70km away is in the vicinity of London. DO we head that direction or elsewhere?
Clearly the location is not in the city, but could be close by. Looks like a fancy greenhouse. Research like. Owned by an agriculture company?
Clearly the location is not in the city, but could be close by. Looks like a fancy greenhouse. Research like. Owned by an agriculture company?
Northern_Brewer
British - apparently some US company stole my name
Not part of a corporate structure, but you could say that they have stars directing their fate.
I’d take a guess, but it seems like there is a “queue.”
Somewhat further south, but the non-corporate parent is in London. Linked vaguely to the previous picture.
Fine, I'll jump to the front of the queue it's the seed bank and Kew Gardens.
Ahh, nice. I'd searched ag headquarters, greenhouses, etc. but not come up with anything. I get it now.
Duncan has it. Was tougher than I expected, even with all the hints from Duncan, DB and others.
You're up @duncan.brown
Here’s a picture on a recent vacation I took to recover from a mild case of Scribe's Fever (a form of neurasthenia common among the intelligentsia).
Hmmmm. First thought was Lausanne on Lake Geneva. That's not it but I feel like I'm in the neighborhood. Just the overall feel, buildings, trees, water color.
Are we in Switzerland?
Are we in Switzerland?
We are not in Switzerland, but close.
Not as far as Budapest?
No, but the hotel in the picture always reminds me of a certain Wes Anderson creation...
Northern_Brewer
British - apparently some US company stole my name
It's not Kew Gardens, it's the Millennium Seed Bank at Wakehurst Place over an hour's drive away down by Gatwick airport. It has seeds of something like 15% of all plant species, one of the best of the British millennium projects. The Wakehurst estate is owned by the National Trust but operated by Kew.
Current one - you get a lot of those limestone crags in the Rhone valley, the Dents du Midi are perhaps the most famous but I know the Dentelles de Montmirail better, possibly because they overlook some of the famous wine areas like Gigondas, Vacqueyras and Beaumes de Venise. But I don't think these are either of those - the lake water looks glacial, so higher up in the French Alps?
Ah, then I may indeed have jumped the queue. I knew it was the Millennium Seed Bank, as I remember it before I left the UK right around the millennium. Since it's operated by Kew, I thought it was in Richmond as well.
On the current picture, we are higher up in the French Alps than Dentelles de Montmirail but not higher than Dents du Midi.
Brewsmith
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Bourdeau?
Very close, but not quite.
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