# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/21 "2013-03-09T02:51:32Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Looks like ruins somewhere along the east side of Death Valley, looking towards the west. > [@Darryl\_Lict](#): > > I agree. It looks like [Cook Bank in Rhyolite](http://www.rhyolitenevada.com/john_s_cook_bank_building_remains_in_rhyolite_nevada.html). Bingo! If you squint, in the distance you can see snow in the Sierras almost 100 miles away. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/22 "2013-03-09T03:31:11Z")
I’ll offer a few of my pictures: [Picture 13](http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2197/2123481106_c864e4d42c_b.jpg) [Picture 14](http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4041/4337347526_26cf745782_o.jpg) [Picture 15](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8112/8513805870_9ca7322ffe_b.jpg) [Picture 16](http://farm1.staticflickr.com/94/235790146_8f20809c37_b.jpg) (All taken in large cities, on four different continents.) ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/23 "2013-03-09T04:20:52Z")
Four reasonable ones… [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/ZvDlytT.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/ZvDlytT) [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/RHaxnEz.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/RHaxnEz) [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/oMuHBY6.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/oMuHBY6) [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/GGuyghX.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/GGuyghX) …and one that’s probably impossible. [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/sXaYaiv.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/sXaYaiv) ---
**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 9, 2013, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/24 "2013-03-09T04:35:15Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > [Picture 15](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8112/8513805870_9ca7322ffe_b.jpg) That’s Circular Quay in Sydney. ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/25 "2013-03-09T05:12:45Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > I’ll offer a few of my pictures: > [Picture 13](http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2197/2123481106_c864e4d42c_b.jpg) 13’s an overhead of Chicago, USA, looking south from just north of Belmont Harbor. 14 looks like London, with the red double-decker buses everywhere. 16’s somewhere where they write in Cyrillic. If I could read Cyrillic, that would help… I’ll guess Kiev. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/26 "2013-03-09T05:54:57Z")
> [@Gray\_Ghost](#): > > 13’s an overhead of Chicago, USA, looking south from just north of Belmont Harbor. If I had to guess, I’d say looking out a left side window on approach to 27L at O’Hare. ---
**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 9, 2013, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/27 "2013-03-09T06:27:42Z")
> [@Gray\_Ghost](#): > > 14 looks like London, with the red double-decker buses everywhere. Looks like where Euston Rd meets Tottenham Court Rd. It must be from quite some time ago as Euston Tower was completed in 1970, and it seems that block in the bottom right is entirely different now. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/28 "2013-03-09T06:41:22Z")
> [@Gray\_Ghost](#): > > 13’s an overhead of Chicago, USA, looking south from just north of Belmont Harbor. > > 14 looks like London, with the red double-decker buses everywhere. Yes and yes. > [@GuanoLad](#): > > Looks like where Euston Rd meets Tottenham Court Rd. It must be from quite some time ago as Euston Tower was completed in 1970, and it seems that block in the bottom right is entirely different now. Yes, it was taken in 1969. > [@Gray\_Ghost](#): > > 16’s somewhere where they write in Cyrillic. If I could read Cyrillic, that would help… I’ll guess Kiev. No, there would not be any Cyrillic in the picture, so it’s not in Russia or the Ukraine. ---
**Author:** ![kenner116](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@kenner116](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenner116)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/29 "2013-03-09T06:52:36Z")
> [@Darryl\_Lict](#): > > 1. [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](http://i.imgur.com/QtDVDH9.jpg) [Mt. Popa](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Popa) in Myanmar. I considered visiting but I was too cheap to get a taxi from Bagan. ---
**Author:** ![Butterscotch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dc4da7/32.png) [@Butterscotch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Butterscotch)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/30 "2013-03-09T06:53:16Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > Four reasonable ones… > [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](http://imgur.com/ZvDlytT) > [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](http://imgur.com/RHaxnEz) > [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](http://imgur.com/oMuHBY6) > [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](http://imgur.com/GGuyghX) > > …and one that’s probably impossible. > [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](http://imgur.com/sXaYaiv) That first one looks like the Hamman in Istanbul. ---
**Author:** ![kenner116](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@kenner116](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenner116)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/31 "2013-03-09T07:00:03Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > [Picture 16](http://farm1.staticflickr.com/94/235790146_8f20809c37_b.jpg) This could be any number of Chinese cities, probably in the 1990’s. ---
**Author:** ![kenner116](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@kenner116](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenner116)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/32 "2013-03-09T07:12:11Z")
> [@Butterscotch](#): > > That first one looks like the Hamman in Istanbul. It is at Chichen Itza. I was recently [there](http://i.imgur.com/FPn1RCB.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 9, 2013, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/33 "2013-03-09T07:23:59Z")
> [@kenner116](#): > > This could be any number of Chinese cities, probably in the 1990’s. I was going to guess Shanghai, though I don’t have strong evidence for it. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/34 "2013-03-09T07:35:58Z")
> [@kenner116](#): > > This could be any number of Chinese cities, probably in the 1990’s. Yes, 1996 to be precise. It’s also about 10 km north of the city centre, taken from my room in the hotel where I stayed. > [@GuanoLad](#): > > I was going to guess Shanghai, though I don’t have strong evidence for it. No, not Shanghai. ---
**Author:** ![kenner116](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@kenner116](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenner116)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/35 "2013-03-09T10:38:03Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > Yes, 1996 to be precise. It’s also about 10 km north of the city centre, taken from my room in the hotel where I stayed. > No, not Shanghai. Beijing? 10 km north of Tiananmen would place it near where the Olympic Park is today. > [@hogarth](#): > > …and one that’s probably impossible. > [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](http://imgur.com/sXaYaiv) Nanjing Pearl Spring Scenic Area! [Picture 22](http://i.imgur.com/6rWZtWc.jpg) [Picture 23](http://i.imgur.com/P0WtOza.jpg) [Picture 24](http://i.imgur.com/fLcdZix.jpg) [Picture 25](http://i.imgur.com/n2xhNe1.jpg) [Picture 26](http://i.imgur.com/8QXnyQ4.jpg) [Picture 27](http://i.imgur.com/a6jKaNW.jpg) [Picture 28](http://i.imgur.com/h2ekCZY.jpg) [Picture 29](http://i.imgur.com/6YpbYEv.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/36 "2013-03-09T12:09:42Z")
> [@kenner116](#): > > Nanjing Pearl Spring Scenic Area! Okay, not so impossible obviously. 🙂 Yes, the other picture was Chichen Itza. ---
**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 9, 2013, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/37 "2013-03-09T12:12:16Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > Yes, 1996 to be precise. It’s also about 10 km north of the city centre, taken from my room in the hotel where I stayed. > [@kenner116](#): > > Beijing? 10 km north of Tiananmen would place it near where the Olympic Park is today. Aha! It’s from the [Crowne Plaza Hotel](http://goo.gl/maps/ECkjV), near where the Birds Nest is now. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/38 "2013-03-09T12:19:52Z")
> [@kenner116](#): > > [Picture 29](http://i.imgur.com/6YpbYEv.jpg) Hong Kong Cemetery. Wikipedia has a very similar picture: > **[File:Hong Kong Cemetery.jpg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hong_Kong_Cemetery.jpg)** ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/39 "2013-03-09T12:35:41Z")
> [@SmellMyWort](#): > > #5 looks like a resort on Maui. I was going to say Kapalua. ---
**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 9, 2013, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/40 "2013-03-09T16:30:07Z")
> [@kenner116](#): > > [Picture 26](http://i.imgur.com/8QXnyQ4.jpg) Angkor Wat? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344.md?page=3)