# 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
**Page:** 4
### Author:  [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2013, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/61 "2013-03-11T15:12:13Z")
> [@chacoguy](#):
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> F/836 is West Point.
Yep.
People from the Chicago area should be familiar with f/803/6777.jpg. The other two are about 50 miles away from each other in the southern US.
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### Author:  [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2013, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/62 "2013-03-11T16:33:56Z")
> [@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 😉
Still, there’s palm trees in the photo, they don’t have those in Germany or Central Europe 😃
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### Author:  [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2013, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/63 "2013-03-11T16:43:45Z")
> [@kenner116](#):
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> [Picture 24](http://i.imgur.com/fLcdZix.jpg)
Berlin, Potsdamer Platz
> [@Giles](#):
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> I’ll offer a few of my pictures:
> [Picture 14](http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4041/4337347526_26cf745782_o.jpg)
London?
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#):
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> I have a few.
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> [ImageShack - 2.jpg](http://imageshack.us/f/46/25476331.jpg/)
Is that the White House in the distance?
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### Author:  [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2013, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/64 "2013-03-11T18:16:35Z")
> [@Svejk\_1](#):
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> Is that the White House in the distance?
Similar style but you’re about 1200 miles off.
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### Author:  [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2013, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/65 "2013-03-11T18:28:20Z")
That’s what I meant … 1200 miles in the distance 😃
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### Author:  [@MrSquishy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSquishy)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/66 "2013-03-11T20:15:50Z")
Whoops, too slow.
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### Author:  [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2013, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/67 "2013-03-12T05:03:20Z")
Here’s more! (All different continents).
1. [http://i.imgur.com/by6dsPd.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/by6dsPd.jpg)
2. [http://i.imgur.com/oRuUXtO.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/oRuUXtO.jpg)
3. [http://i.imgur.com/lpbVwo2.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/lpbVwo2.jpg)
4. [http://i.imgur.com/OtW0W3f.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/OtW0W3f.jpg)
5. [http://i.imgur.com/e9qofQr.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/e9qofQr.jpg)
6. [http://i.imgur.com/qjTKd86.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/qjTKd86.jpg)
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### Author:  [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2013, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/68 "2013-03-12T06:19:59Z")
> [@Darryl\_Lict](#):
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> 1. [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](http://i.imgur.com/OtW0W3f.jpg)
The Yangtze river in China. [Looks like](http://www.cits.net/china-guide/places/lesser-three-gorges.html) a spectacularly nice trip to take.
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### Author:  [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2013, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/69 "2013-03-12T06:43:41Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#):
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> The Yangtze river in China. [Looks like](http://www.cits.net/china-guide/places/lesser-three-gorges.html) a spectacularly nice trip to take.
Yup, super spectacular. Glad to see it wasn’t flooded by the dam. as I was under the impression that it might have been. That website is interesting because there was no English speaking tour guides and I had no idea about the significance of a a lot of the sights. I 'm really glad that I had the chance to see the Three Gorges before its unfortunate demise.
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### Author:  [@kenner116](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenner116)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2013, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/70 "2013-03-12T07:50:56Z")
> [@Svejk\_1](#):
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> Berlin, Potsdamer Platz
Correct. At the [Sony Center](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Center).
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### Author:  [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2013, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/71 "2013-03-12T08:22:43Z")
> [@Darryl\_Lict](#):
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> Here’s more! (All different continents).
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> 1. [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](http://i.imgur.com/oRuUXtO.jpg)
That cable cart in Rio that is also in that James Bond movie?
> [@Darryl\_Lict](#):
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> 1. [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](http://i.imgur.com/e9qofQr.jpg)
Zagreb?
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### Author:  [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2013, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/72 "2013-03-12T08:27:07Z")
> [@Svejk\_1](#):
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> That cable cart in Rio that is also in that James Bond movie?
> Zagreb?
Sorry, nope to both.
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### Author:  [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2013, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/73 "2013-03-12T09:27:34Z")
45 looks like the QVB in Sydney I think.
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### Author:  [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2013, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/74 "2013-03-12T09:49:32Z")
> [@Colophon](#):
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> 45 looks like the QVB in Sydney I think.
The gorgeous [Queen Victoria Building](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Victoria_Building) is correct!
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### Author:  [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2013, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/75 "2013-03-12T12:07:54Z")
Number [44](http://i.imgur.com/e9qofQr.jpg) really looks like Prague, but I can’t place the church spire. Somewhere up on the hill by the castle, or even part of the castle?
Edit: it’s [this roof right here](https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Hrad%C4%8Dany,+Prague,+Czech+Republic&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=50.090887,14.400477&spn=0.000448,0.000708&sll=51.48931,-0.08819&sspn=0.266791,0.725098&oq=hradcan&t=h&hnear=Hrad%C4%8Dany,+Prague,+Czech+Republic&z=20). That spire is kind of well hidden from most angles. St Vitus’ Cathedral.
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### Author:  [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2013, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/76 "2013-03-12T12:14:42Z")
And was number [41](http://i.imgur.com/oRuUXtO.jpg) taken from [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_Mountain_Aerial_Cableway)?
> [@](#):
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> 1. [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](http://i.imgur.com/lpbVwo2.jpg)
The Torres del Paine in Chile are the only mountains I can think of that are as gnarly as that.
Yep, I think [these](http://www.livefortheoutdoors.com/upload/528860/images/52%20-%20Torres%20del%20Paine,%20Patagonia.jpg) are the same peaks. On my wishlist!
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### Author:  [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2013, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/77 "2013-03-12T12:17:56Z")
> [@Colophon](#):
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> Number [44](http://i.imgur.com/e9qofQr.jpg) really looks like Prague, but I can’t place the church spire. Somewhere up on the hill by the castle, or even part of the castle?
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> Edit: it’s [this roof right here](https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Hrad%C4%8Dany,+Prague,+Czech+Republic&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=50.090887,14.400477&spn=0.000448,0.000708&sll=51.48931,-0.08819&sspn=0.266791,0.725098&oq=hradcan&t=h&hnear=Hrad%C4%8Dany,+Prague,+Czech+Republic&z=20). That spire is kind of well hidden from most angles. St Vitus’ Cathedral.
> [@Colophon](#):
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> And was number [41](http://i.imgur.com/oRuUXtO.jpg) taken from [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_Mountain_Aerial_Cableway)?
Right on both accounts.
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### Author:  [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2013, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/78 "2013-03-12T12:32:33Z")
> [@Darryl\_Lict](#):
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> Right on both accounts.
And right with 42?
Nobody has guessed [this one](http://oi46.tinypic.com/2dvmzpl.jpg) that I posted yet. More of a general city view rather than a specific building but not sure if that makes it easier or harder!
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### Author:  [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2013, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/79 "2013-03-12T12:34:16Z")
Not sure if these are going to show up (or if they’ll show up with locations listed), but:
46: [https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/208738\_4385811897\_850\_n.jpg](https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/208738_4385811897_850_n.jpg)
47: [https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/207657\_4315076897\_1283\_n.jpg](https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/207657_4315076897_1283_n.jpg)
48: [https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/316\_27781046897\_2420\_n.jpg](https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/316_27781046897_2420_n.jpg)
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### Author:  [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2013, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-picture-taken/652344/80 "2013-03-12T12:40:58Z")
> [@Colophon](#):
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> And right with 42?
Torres del Paine is correct. The two layered color is very distinctive.
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