# Where Was This Picture Taken? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 8, 2013, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344 "2013-03-08T03:27:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/241 "2013-03-16T21:12:10Z")
> [@ducati](#): > > [Location 1](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/ural/Travel/Picture11277_zps671693de.jpg) Number looks like the top of Enchanted Rock. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2013, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/242 "2013-03-18T03:38:23Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > [http://www.flickr.com/photos/43200610@N07/8560784440/in/photostream](http://www.flickr.com/photos/43200610@N07/8560784440/in/photostream) Palouse Falls within Palouse Canyon? The funny thing is I took a wild ass guess that that was somewhere near the ancient Lake Missoula just because of the dramatic nature of the scenery and that you are hanging out somewhere in the Pacific Northwest. I looked up Lake Missoula images and the first hit that matched it was [Answers in Genesis](http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/2003/12/09/lake-missoula-flood), which I find amusing in some weird way. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2013, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/243 "2013-03-18T03:52:44Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > [http://www.flickr.com/photos/43200610@N07/8560770252/in/photostream](http://www.flickr.com/photos/43200610@N07/8560770252/in/photostream) Some missile silo near Wall, South Dakota? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2013, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/244 "2013-03-18T14:21:30Z")
**Darryl Lict** : right on both counts. Palouse Falls, at 186 feet, is a spectacular geological sight, especially with that large plunge pool at the bottom and the canyon leading out to the river. [This knucklehead](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrveNdW_sj0) kayaked off the damn thing. That whole Glacial Lake Missoula topography is fascinating to me. It doesn’t get a ton of visitors, as the road in is two lane and not near any freeways, but worth the trip. Minuteman missile site in South Dakota. They’ve been deactivated and you can tour this one. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/245 "2013-03-19T13:34:07Z")
> [@Eureka](#): > > These two of mine haven’t been guessed. > > 1. > > [some place else](http://www.flickr.com/photos/27186885@N07/8557501469/) The distant bunting at top left looks like United Arab Emirates flags (red, green, white, black) but the orange and white and crosses on the other flags are confusing me. Is it Dubai or Abu Dhabi or somewhere like that? These two still haven’t been guessed: 76: [http://i47.tinypic.com/4ifw1y.jpg](http://i47.tinypic.com/4ifw1y.jpg) 79: [http://i48.tinypic.com/2wlu0qe.jpg](http://i48.tinypic.com/2wlu0qe.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/246 "2013-03-19T14:16:02Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > 79: [http://i48.tinypic.com/2wlu0qe.jpg](http://i48.tinypic.com/2wlu0qe.jpg) Ba, [Fiji](http://www.fijisun.com.fj/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/baTown_cctv.jpg). I’ve been to Fiji, but not to this particular town. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/247 "2013-03-19T14:43:29Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Ba, [Fiji](http://www.fijisun.com.fj/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/baTown_cctv.jpg). > > I’ve been to Fiji, but not to this particular town. Impressive sleuthing! I tried Googling to see if I could figure it out if I didn’t know, and thought it would be tricky. I see that the giant football is no longer a bar. Shame. (The pic was taken 10 years ago, in February 2003.) ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/248 "2013-03-19T21:20:47Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > The distant bunting at top left looks like United Arab Emirates flags (red, green, white, black) but the orange and white and crosses on the other flags are confusing me. > > Is it Dubai or Abu Dhabi or somewhere like that? You’ve got the colors right, but no, not United Arab Emirates-- Actually, the “top” stripe is different between these flags and “your” flag, and the red is in the shape of a triangle in my flag. I can’t explain the orange and white flags. (pauses, peeks at wikipedia). Oh, wait. a small clue–it’s yellow, not orange, and it isn’t a country, but it is something of influence in the place I was, although that might be a bit of a red herring. Not Dubai, but yes, in the Middle East. And since you probably can’t tell–let me give you another clue. I believe that the following people have their pictures on various flags in that image: Jesus, Mary, Joseph, and Yasser. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/249 "2013-03-19T22:14:25Z")
> [@Eureka](#): > > You’ve got the colors right, but no, not United Arab Emirates-- Actually, the “top” stripe is different between these flags and “your” flag, and the red is in the shape of a triangle in my flag. > > I can’t explain the orange and white flags. (pauses, peeks at wikipedia). Oh, wait. a small clue–it’s yellow, not orange, and it isn’t a country, but it is something of influence in the place I was, although that might be a bit of a red herring. > > Not Dubai, but yes, in the Middle East. > > And since you probably can’t tell–let me give you another clue. I believe that the following people have their pictures on various flags in that image: Jesus, Mary, Joseph, and Yasser. Right - I had narrowed it down to [UAE, Palestine or Jordan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_colors_of_national_flags#Red.2C_green.2C_black_and_white), but the resolution wasn’t great! So, Palestine - and that is the [Mosque of Omar](http://journal.55-millimetres.net/v/Israel/Jerusalem/Bethlehem/0263-Omar-Mosque-Manger-Square-Bethlehem.jpg.html) in Manger Square, Bethlehem. I should have thought of the Holy Land, what with the crosses and the minarets… 🙂 Are the yellow and white flags of the Vatican? ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/250 "2013-03-19T22:55:02Z")
Manger Square, Bethlehem is correct. The yellow and white flags are the flag of the Catholic Church–the Vatican City flag is also yellow and white, but has a fancy cross emblem thingy on it. I was there in late December 1995, and the Palestinians had just been given authority over Bethlehem, so the decorations struck me as fascinating, because of the juxtoposition of pictures of Yasser Arafat with pictures of Jesus (with and without Mary, with and without Joseph). ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/251 "2013-03-19T23:26:12Z")
My still unguessed location: 81. [taken](http://www.flickr.com/photos/27186885@N07/8557500749/) And a pictorial clue, taken from someplace else I visited while staying in the same hotel: [clue](http://www.flickr.com/photos/27186885@N07/8573497176/) It’s still not a great picture, but at least it shows a potentially identifiable geographic feature. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/252 "2013-03-20T00:14:52Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > Impressive sleuthing! I tried Googling to see if I could figure it out if I didn’t know, and thought it would be tricky. Well, it worked like this: I know Allens Confectionery is an Aus/NZ brand, but the people in the photo looked Indian. The cross-culture that matches is Fiji, as there are many Fijian-Indians, and because I’d been there it also looked somewhat familiar. But then the clincher came when I googled the only shop front name I could read, which was [Maneklal In Style](http://www.fastfind.com.fj/index.php?option=com_mtree&task=viewlink&link_id=3996&Itemid=2). ---
**Author:** ![Kiwi\_Fruit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kiwi_fruit/32/12_2.png) [@Kiwi\_Fruit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiwi_Fruit)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/253 "2013-03-20T00:51:31Z")
> [@Eureka](#): > > My still unguessed location: > 81. [taken](http://www.flickr.com/photos/27186885@N07/8557500749/) > > And a pictorial clue, taken from someplace else I visited while staying in the same hotel: > > [clue](http://www.flickr.com/photos/27186885@N07/8573497176/) > > It’s still not a great picture, but at least it shows a potentially identifiable geographic feature. Is it taken in Kirstenbosch Gardens, Cape Town? ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/254 "2013-03-20T02:00:06Z")
> [@Kiwi\_Fruit](#): > > Is it taken in Kirstenbosch Gardens, Cape Town? Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/255 "2013-03-26T05:57:38Z")
Damn, I’ve been to Fiji, and I had no clue. 1. [http://i.imgur.com/by6dsPd.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/by6dsPd.jpg) 2. [http://i.imgur.com/vkplAWy.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/vkplAWy.jpg) 3. [http://i.imgur.com/tl3k8Mx.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/tl3k8Mx.jpg) 4. [http://i.imgur.com/Qu5EZn5.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/Qu5EZn5.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/256 "2013-03-28T03:51:20Z")
What, no guesses? Hints: 90-93 are all in America. 90 is on the property of an iconic American author. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/257 "2013-03-28T04:58:28Z")
> [@Darryl\_Lict](#): > > 90 is on the property of an iconic American author. Edgar Allan Poe in Baltimore? ---
**Author:** ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/258 "2013-03-28T05:13:15Z")
1. [http://i.imgur.com/90Y0tLM.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/90Y0tLM.jpg) 2. [http://i.imgur.com/nvnepEd.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/nvnepEd.jpg) 3. [http://i.imgur.com/uBpeb2v.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/uBpeb2v.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/259 "2013-03-28T06:38:28Z")
> [@Desert\_Nomad](#): > > 1. [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](http://i.imgur.com/90Y0tLM.jpg) Mozambique Island? > [@](#): > > 1. [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](http://i.imgur.com/uBpeb2v.jpg) Tirana Pyramid, Albania ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/260 "2013-03-28T06:39:30Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Edgar Allan Poe in Baltimore? Nope, newer. That’s not a raven. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344.md?page=14)