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Fogmeister
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:35 pm Posts: 6580 Location: Getting there
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I know where it is  But I've already got one place in hand so I'll let someone else answer  You're almost there Levick 
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Wed Jul 08, 2009 8:34 am |
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trigen_killer
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:37 pm Posts: 835 Location: North Wales UK
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Damn, I missed Fogmeister's guess on the first picture, otherwise I wouldn't have bothered. I know it was another 'plane one, but it is something so unique that I thought it a bit more interesting than the Statue of Liberty. I am pretty sure that it isn't the Mojave desert, though.
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Wed Jul 08, 2009 8:45 am |
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Fogmeister
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:35 pm Posts: 6580 Location: Getting there
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You're right. It isn't. In fact, it's about 600 miles from Mojave.
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Wed Jul 08, 2009 8:46 am |
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HeatherKay
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:13 pm Posts: 7262 Location: Here, but not all there.
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Davis Monthan AFB, Arizona. Okay, here we go... 
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Wed Jul 08, 2009 8:47 am |
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trigen_killer
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:37 pm Posts: 835 Location: North Wales UK
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Oh, goody, an easy one. 
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Wed Jul 08, 2009 8:48 am |
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HeatherKay
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:13 pm Posts: 7262 Location: Here, but not all there.
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Heh! It's quite famous, in an obscure kind of way. There aren't many places where a motorway, canal and railway converge like that. By the way, happy birthday to the M1! (That was a clue, by the way.)
_________________My Flickr | Snaptophobic BloggageHeather Kay: modelling details that matter. "Let my windows be open to receive new ideas but let me also be strong enough not to be blown away by them." - Mahatma Gandhi.
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Wed Jul 08, 2009 8:50 am |
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trigen_killer
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:37 pm Posts: 835 Location: North Wales UK
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Yeah, I've found it. Watford Gap services.
I'll get another in a moment.
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Wed Jul 08, 2009 8:54 am |
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HeatherKay
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I've managed to line up another three images now. I may only use the one from the set, as they're all in the same location. What was that about I'm supposed to be working? 
_________________My Flickr | Snaptophobic BloggageHeather Kay: modelling details that matter. "Let my windows be open to receive new ideas but let me also be strong enough not to be blown away by them." - Mahatma Gandhi.
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Wed Jul 08, 2009 8:56 am |
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trigen_killer
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:37 pm Posts: 835 Location: North Wales UK
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 I want the building that is in the centre of the shot, but I'll take the location generally because I couldn't get Google to tell me what it was, I went looking for it specifically. I would have thought that it was labelled by the Google Earth Community, but their markings didn't appear. 
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Wed Jul 08, 2009 9:07 am |
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HeatherKay
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:13 pm Posts: 7262 Location: Here, but not all there.
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I expect they're afraid someone might identify it and bomb the place. Shall I answer, or shall I wait...?
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Wed Jul 08, 2009 9:14 am |
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paulzolo
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:27 pm Posts: 12251
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St Paul’s at the Bottom. Royal Bank of Scotland next to the round Coffee shop at the right of the picture. Building in the middle = Stock Exchange.
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Wed Jul 08, 2009 10:56 am |
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paulzolo
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Ok - a little further afield now. Continental Europe is the location. But where? And what is the significance of the building centre left? 
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Wed Jul 08, 2009 11:07 am |
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HeatherKay
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I guess it's stumped people.
We're in Brussels. I am therefore making a wild stab in the dark that the building in question had something to do with Hergé and Tintin?
_________________My Flickr | Snaptophobic BloggageHeather Kay: modelling details that matter. "Let my windows be open to receive new ideas but let me also be strong enough not to be blown away by them." - Mahatma Gandhi.
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Wed Jul 08, 2009 12:38 pm |
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paulzolo
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:27 pm Posts: 12251
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It is - the building in question was the place where Éditions Lombard was based, and there is a large Tintin & Snowy sign on it. The south end of the picture is the Midi station, which is where the Eurostar pulls up.
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Wed Jul 08, 2009 12:44 pm |
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HeatherKay
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Okies, back to Blighty for this one. I might visit this place in a month's time. 
_________________My Flickr | Snaptophobic BloggageHeather Kay: modelling details that matter. "Let my windows be open to receive new ideas but let me also be strong enough not to be blown away by them." - Mahatma Gandhi.
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Wed Jul 08, 2009 12:47 pm |
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