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Post by Glance A'Lot on Dec 11, 2006 23:28:00 GMT
OK - I have one more before I have to go on the hunt for new pictures again. This has a characteristic architectural design unique at the time of its construction and it was build for a very specific purpose - which?
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Post by cleglaw on Dec 12, 2006 2:59:15 GMT
It could be a sports arena of some sort, but the surrounding area does not seem in character for that. I am going to guess that it is some sort of automobile testing ground with a nearby factory.
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Post by janggut on Dec 12, 2006 3:24:30 GMT
'Master & Commander' places it in about the right age. (And you mean 'Santa Maria' (?), a replica of which is moored in Barcelona). ........ HMS Victory(Admiral Lord Nelson's flagship at Trafalgar.) {The characteristic design feature is the beige stripes interrupted by the black gun ports, which form the 'Nelson chequer', a design which later became a standard in commemoration of Nelson} yeah, Glance, Santa Maria. i messed up the name. & boy, i was quite close, wasn't i, with that Master & Commander reference? i mean, Lord Nelson was mentioned a lot in the film. & as for the latest pix, that tall building which cast a long shadow (somewhere at the top middle of the pix), it does look a lot like the Needle.
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Post by Dark Phoenix Rising on Dec 12, 2006 9:49:06 GMT
That wouldn't be an olympic village would it?
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Post by Glance A'Lot on Dec 12, 2006 10:31:51 GMT
Very good guess, DPR - which one?
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Post by Dark Phoenix Rising on Dec 12, 2006 10:54:52 GMT
I was thinking the one in greece
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Post by Glance A'Lot on Dec 12, 2006 15:20:51 GMT
'The one in Greece' would be Athens - or - no, that's not possible, you wouldn't have thought of the original one?
Well, in either case, the answer is no.
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Post by Ubereil on Dec 12, 2006 15:54:34 GMT
Because of the roof of the "main" arena I'd guess München (that's Munich for you Englishspeaking fellows ). Übereil
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Post by Glance A'Lot on Dec 12, 2006 16:40:57 GMT
And Übereil takes the prize again!
Yes, it is the Olympic Park for the 1972 Games, the 'tent' roof construction being innovative at the time; actually thought to be impossible to statically hold due to its wide free span.
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Post by Glance A'Lot on Dec 12, 2006 16:45:27 GMT
Do I like historic ships? Since the last one was a challenge for the Americans, let's try this one to make up. Actually the picture shows two ship memorials...
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Post by cleglaw on Dec 12, 2006 17:42:04 GMT
Pearl Harbor--the Arizona and the Missouri.
Also note the tennis courts and swimming pool.
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Post by Glance A'Lot on Dec 12, 2006 18:47:21 GMT
Are they notable?
Anyway, yes - too easy?
I'll have a toughie next!
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Post by Glance A'Lot on Dec 12, 2006 18:48:59 GMT
This is it - no hint at first. What is it? If you'll know what, you'll know where; if you know where, you may not necessarily know what.
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Post by cleglaw on Dec 12, 2006 19:11:22 GMT
Guru Nanak sat with his feet pointed towards the Kaaba, which was considered to be sacrilegious. When a mullah scolded him for it, Guru Nanak invited the Mullah to move his feet so that they did not point to the Kaaba. Every time the Mullah moved the Guru's feet, the Kaaba also moved. That Mullah became a disciple of Guru Nanak.
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Post by cleglaw on Dec 12, 2006 19:12:02 GMT
The Kaaba in Mecca
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Post by Glance A'Lot on Dec 12, 2006 23:04:21 GMT
^^ - Good! - And Correct. OK, back to geography - this is a major river's (it's over 1.000 miles long) delta. Notice anything peculiar? That would be an indication for its location. What's its name?
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Post by ss on Dec 12, 2006 23:56:38 GMT
Seeing as it's flowing south, could be the Tigris, or the Senegal..I did notice that it appears not to have much water... But if the Delta itself is over a thousand miles....maybe the Amazon.....
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Post by cleglaw on Dec 13, 2006 0:00:18 GMT
Could be the Mississippi too if we go by length and low level water and a large delta and flowing south.
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Post by Glance A'Lot on Dec 13, 2006 11:57:22 GMT
The whole river is a 1.000 miles, not just the delta - that is much smaller. And actually it has quite a lot of water, what you see is mainly the vegetation in the delta swamp) But you have not yet identified the special feature... {it's not the form itself} ...there is something obvious, or self evident, missing.
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Post by cleglaw on Dec 13, 2006 18:23:34 GMT
There is no sea. Although, that could be an artifact of what portion of the delta is shown in the pic--there could be a sea a bit further south. That said, it is probably an inland delta. I don't know any inland deltas so I looked them up, and found two. Is that unfair?
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