Name That Skyline - Picture Game

[duncan.brown]

@Pkrd has it, this is x-arm of the Advanced LIGO gravitational-wave detector in Hanford, WA (well, the concrete cover around the beam tube, at least).

The 200 area of the Hanford nuclear reservation is on the horizon. Fun fact: the 200 area is one of the most radioactively contaminated places on Earth!

 

[Newsman]

Never mind

 

[Pkrd]

@Pkrd has it, this is x-arm of the Advanced LIGO gravitational-wave detector in Hanford, WA (well, the concrete cover around the beam tube, at least).

The 200 area of the Hanford nuclear reservation is on the horizon. Fun fact: the 200 area is one of the most radioactively contaminated places on Earth!

Thanks for that one. I hadn't looked into the LIGO infrastructure much. Incredible machines.

Here's an easy one from 9 years ago.

 

[Newsman]

Thanks for that one. I hadn't looked into the LIGO infrastructure much. Incredible machines.

Here's an easy one from 9 years ago.

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Dresden?

 

[Pkrd]

Never been to Dresden, I did read Slaughterhouse 5 long before I should have though.

Right country.

 

[Andres Falconer]

It looks to me like Nuremberg. St. Lorenz church. Never been there, never seen it before. But the U, which stands for U-bahn (the underground), was the giveaway. Only 4 German cities have a U-bahn.

 

[Pkrd]

It looks to me like Nuremberg. St. Lorenz church. Never been there, never seen it before. But the U, which stands for U-bahn (the underground), was the giveaway. Only 4 German cities have a U-bahn.

Nuremberg it is.

 

[Andres Falconer]

While we’re on the theme of places of worship, the beer produced nearby has faithful followers. I visited, but the photo isn’t mine (mine had an all-too-obvious giveaway)

 

[D.B.Moody]

Great Synagog, Pilsen, Czech Republic

 

[dirkomatic]

@D.B.Moody just beat me to the answer.

 

[Andres Falconer]

Easy, right, @D.B.Moody? What now?

 

[D.B.Moody]

I'm sticking with the theme. This is from 1990:

 

[dirkomatic]

St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna, Austria

 

[D.B.Moody]

That was quick, even for you. You're up @dirkomatic.

 

[dirkomatic]

There don't seem to be many churches with a green, black and white patterned roof...

Here's my next. It's a little blurry...

 

[D.B.Moody]

State Capital, Charleston, West Virginia

 

[dirkomatic]

Didn't think it would take long... Taken this past Friday as we were traveling by.

Go ahead, @D.B.Moody

 

[D.B.Moody]

From 1989, here's another golden dome:

 

[DBhomebrew]

Massachusetts State House

 

[dirkomatic]

Massachusetts State House, Boston, MA

 

[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…