# Where Was This Picture Taken?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344
**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
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### Author:  [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2013, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/41 "2013-03-09T16:43:08Z")
> [@Desert\_Nomad](#):
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> Namib Desert
Yup, Sossusvlei in particular, site of that awful jLo flick \*The Cell.
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> [@kenner116](#):
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> [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.
I splurged for the cab, and it was completely worth it, although the monkeys and third world staircases were pretty scary.
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### Author:  [@kenner116](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenner116)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2013, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/42 "2013-03-09T16:56:15Z")
> [@hogarth](#):
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> Hong Kong Cemetery. Wikipedia has a very similar picture:
> [File:Hong Kong Cemetery.jpg - Wikimedia Commons](http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hong_Kong_Cemetery.jpg)
That’s it. I walked up to the Peak then along the ridge and down into Happy Valley, where this cemetery is located.
> [@Darryl\_Lict](#):
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> Angkor Wat?
Very close.
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### Author:  [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2013, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/43 "2013-03-09T19:17:46Z")
> [@kenner116](#):
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> Very close.
Ta Prohm. Part of the Angkor complex.
try [picture 30](http://i46.tinypic.com/2dvmzpl.jpg).
(if I have the numbering right!)
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### Author:  [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2013, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/44 "2013-03-09T19:26:29Z")
> [@hogarth](#):
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> 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)
The last one looks like Chuquicamata copper mine in Chile.
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### Author:  [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2013, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/45 "2013-03-09T19:38:54Z")
> [@kenner116](#):
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> [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)
22 looks like SE Asia, obviously, and somewhere with French-influenced architecture. Indochina - Laos maybe?
28 looks like a Thai temple, somewhere in the north?
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### Author:  [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2013, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/46 "2013-03-09T21:03:59Z")
> [@hogarth](#):
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> [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](http://imgur.com/ZvDlytT)
This is the only one I’ve known so far (and was too slow on), the Observatory at Chichen Itza.
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### Author:  [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2013, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/47 "2013-03-09T21:53:12Z")
> [@Colophon](#):
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> The last one looks like Chuquicamata copper mine in Chile.
That’s not it; I’ve never been to South America. It was one of the stops on a coach tour my wife and I took.
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### Author:  [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2013, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/48 "2013-03-09T21:57:32Z")
> [@Colophon](#):
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> 22 looks like SE Asia, obviously, and somewhere with French-influenced architecture. Indochina - Laos maybe?
I think 22 is [Yangon](http://blogs.wsj.com/scene/2012/09/13/a-fading-yangon-captured-in-photos/), Myanmar.
I don’t actually remember that building, but it’s deteriorating condition made me think of Myanmar. I eliminated Laos because Vietienne is a major shithole and I don’t recall any decent looking colonial architecture.
I eliminated Vietnam because I have a huge fascination with bicycles and the typical pedicabs in Vietnam have two front wheels with a seat between them. I’m pretty sure I have a picture somewhere of a Myanmaran (sp?) bicycle.
Plus, the cars in the picture are right hand drive and most of the cars in Myanmar are imported from Japan (right hand drive) even though they drive on the right, which is completely fucked up and classically Myanmar.
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### Author:  [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2013, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/49 "2013-03-09T22:31:38Z")
> [@hogarth](#):
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> [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](http://imgur.com/GGuyghX)
I’m guessing [Bingham Canyon Mine](http://www.panoramio.com/photo_explorer#view=photo&position=170&with_photo_id=6436229&order=date_desc&user=1175378) in Utah.
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### Author:  [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2013, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/50 "2013-03-09T22:38:21Z")
> [@Darryl\_Lict](#):
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> I’m guessing [Bingham Canyon Mine](http://www.panoramio.com/photo_explorer#view=photo&position=170&with_photo_id=6436229&order=date_desc&user=1175378) in Utah.
That’s a good guess!
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### Author:  [@kenner116](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenner116)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2013, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/51 "2013-03-10T00:24:20Z")
> [@Colophon](#):
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> Ta Prohm. Part of the Angkor complex.
You are [correct](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ta_Prohm).
> [@Colophon](#):
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> 22 looks like SE Asia, obviously, and somewhere with French-influenced architecture. Indochina - Laos maybe?
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> 28 looks like a Thai temple, somewhere in the north?
Not in Laos. I spent a month in Laos but none of these photos are from there.
28 is in Thailand, but not in the north.
> [@Darryl\_Lict](#):
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> I think 22 is [Yangon](http://blogs.wsj.com/scene/2012/09/13/a-fading-yangon-captured-in-photos/), Myanmar.
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> I don’t actually remember that building, but it’s deteriorating condition made me think of Myanmar. I eliminated Laos because Vietienne is a major shithole and I don’t recall any decent looking colonial architecture.
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> I eliminated Vietnam because I have a huge fascination with bicycles and the typical pedicabs in Vietnam have two front wheels with a seat between them. I’m pretty sure I have a picture somewhere of a Myanmaran (sp?) bicycle.
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> Plus, the cars in the picture are right hand drive and most of the cars in Myanmar are imported from Japan (right hand drive) even though they drive on the right, which is completely fucked up and classically Myanmar.
Yes! This is in Yangon / Rangoon, Myanmar. I had just crossed back over the river on the ferry after a day trip to [Twante](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twante_Township). I was staying nearby so there was no need for a pedicab.
I wouldn’t describe Vientiane as harshly as you have but it is one of the most boring cities ever.
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### Author:  [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2013, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/52 "2013-03-10T00:52:25Z")
I have a few.
> **[1.jpg - Click to see more photos](https://imageshack.com/i/jn98774561j)**
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> **[2.jpg - Click to see more photos](https://imageshack.com/i/1a25476331j)**
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> **[6-7-77.jpg - Click to see more photos](https://imageshack.com/i/mb6777j)**
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> **[Field Trip.jpg - Click to see more photos](https://imageshack.com/i/n8fieldtripj)**
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Couple of famous historic sites in there.
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### Author:  [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2013, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/53 "2013-03-10T03:36:02Z")
F/836 is West Point.
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### Author:  [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2013, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/54 "2013-03-10T04:43:24Z")
35 [http://i.imgur.com/lFD7ykg.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/lFD7ykg.jpg)
36 [http://i.imgur.com/HxTSmxg.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/HxTSmxg.jpg)
37 [http://i.imgur.com/bo62tId.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/bo62tId.jpg)
38 [http://i.imgur.com/RhUcVzb.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/RhUcVzb.jpg)
39 [http://i.imgur.com/sk93IWk.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/sk93IWk.jpg)
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### Author:  [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2013, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/55 "2013-03-10T05:05:49Z")
> [@Darryl\_Lict](#):
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> 38 [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](http://i.imgur.com/RhUcVzb.jpg)
My detective skills\* have pointed me to the [Palacio Salvo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palacio_Salvo), in Montevideo, Uruguay.
\*I Googled flags of the world
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### Author:  [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2013, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/56 "2013-03-10T08:23:45Z")
> [@Darryl\_Lict](#):
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> 35 [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](http://i.imgur.com/lFD7ykg.jpg)
- this is the cathedral in Zanzibar
36 [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](http://i.imgur.com/HxTSmxg.jpg) - this looks African colonial too. I was going to say the Victoria Falls hotel but I don’t think it is. Looks similar though.
37 [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](http://i.imgur.com/bo62tId.jpg) - Googling “Bas Pekerja” suggests Malaysia. So Kuala Lumpur. Yes, it’s the railway station. Moorish-inspired design is a bit of a red herring!
38 [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](http://i.imgur.com/RhUcVzb.jpg) - not sure. Looks vaguely Germanic/central European.
39 [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](http://i.imgur.com/sk93IWk.jpg) - I cheated and Googled “Frank Zappa statue”. That’s in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Edit - I’d missed 38 being identified above, and hadn’t spotted the flag! Wrong continent - but it was designed by a European 😉
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### Author:  [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2013, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/57 "2013-03-10T11:59:05Z")
> [@Colophon](#):
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> - this is the cathedral in Zanzibar
> 36 [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](http://i.imgur.com/HxTSmxg.jpg) - this looks African colonial too. I was going to say the Victoria Falls hotel but I don’t think it is. Looks similar though.
> 37 [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](http://i.imgur.com/bo62tId.jpg) - Googling “Bas Pekerja” suggests Malaysia. So Kuala Lumpur. Yes, it’s the railway station. Moorish-inspired design is a bit of a red herring!
> 38 [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](http://i.imgur.com/RhUcVzb.jpg) - not sure. Looks vaguely Germanic/central European.
> 39 [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](http://i.imgur.com/sk93IWk.jpg) - I cheated and Googled “Frank Zappa statue”. That’s in Vilnius, Lithuania.
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> Edit - I’d missed 38 being identified above, and hadn’t spotted the flag! Wrong continent - but it was designed by a European 😉
Good calls, but 36 isn’t near Africa.
Palacio Salvo is known for having been the tallest building in South America for decades.
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### Author:  [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2013, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/58 "2013-03-10T14:45:51Z")
> [@kenner116](#):
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> 28 is in Thailand, but not in the north.
That does not look Thai at all. Looks Chinese, and that’s the Chinese goddess Kwan Yin (various spellings).
Edit: Showed it to the wife. She agrees this is Chinese style but in Thailand. Not uncommon to copy Chinese style for some temples. She thinks she’s even seen it in person but can’t remember where.
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### Author:  [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2013, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/59 "2013-03-11T08:55:37Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#):
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> That does not look Thai at all. Looks Chinese, and that’s the Chinese goddess Kwan Yin (various spellings).
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> Edit: Showed it to the wife. She agrees this is Chinese style but in Thailand. Not uncommon to copy Chinese style for some temples. She thinks she’s even seen it in person but can’t remember where.
I’ve been to Thailand but not China (unless you count Beijing airport!) and it looked Thai to me, especially the figures on the roof. But I defer to your local knowledge and put it down to a lucky guess!
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### Author:  [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2013, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/60 "2013-03-11T11:22:50Z")
> [@Colophon](#):
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> I’ve been to Thailand but not China (unless you count Beijing airport!) and it looked Thai to me, especially the figures on the roof. But I defer to your local knowledge and put it down to a lucky guess!
The figurines on the roof and the lack of both nagas and spires peg it as Chinese. As does the shape of the roofs themselves, that’s _very_ Chinese. (Not to mention the giant Chinese goddess, which you would not see at your average Thai temple.) Also note the wide staircase in front of that one building with what will be a frieze in the middle, exactly as they appear throughout the Forbidden City in Beijing; again, very Chinese. Thai temples do feature the orange roof color though, and while there are fully Chinese temples here with their riot of colors, there are also many Chinese-Thai hybrids such as this one.
For example, [this Chinese-Thai temple](http://pidgees.multiply.com/photos/album/3/Chinese-Thai-Temple#photo=1) seen from our balcony and which I’m looking at right now as I sit here and type. The monks at this one don’t even wear the saffron robes but rather saffron-colored Chinese “pajamas.”
I’d put some photos out for this game too, but it seems like everything I have online is labeled. I’ll have to try to find something new.
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