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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
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Thu 19 Apr, 2018 11:25 pmby johnw
bogholesbuckethats wrote:might be time for a clue.
I can see a small town called Fully from where this photo was taken.
Are we looking at Pierre Avoi (pointy rock) on the left and La Crevasse (snow capped mountain) on the right?
Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
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Fri 20 Apr, 2018 7:08 amby bogholesbuckethats
Pierre Avoi is correct but the mountain is the Petit Combin. Over to you johnw.
Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
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Fri 20 Apr, 2018 10:30 pmby johnw
bogholesbuckethats wrote:Pierre Avoi is correct but the mountain is the Petit Combin. Over to you johnw.
Thanks bogholesbuckethats. This seems to have become a two horse race.
USA:
- From Steaming Bluff, overlooking the Kilauea caldera towards the Halema‘uma‘u crater and lava lake - Hawaii Volcanoes NP, Hawaii USA
Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
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Sat 21 Apr, 2018 7:52 pmby johnw
Gets a bit warm around these parts.
Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
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Sun 22 Apr, 2018 6:53 pmby Tyreless
Just to start the conversation... somewhere on the Hawaiian Islands. And to keep the conversation going, somewhere on Big Island?
Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
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Sun 22 Apr, 2018 7:23 pmby johnw
Tyreless wrote:Just to start the conversation... somewhere on the Hawaiian Islands. And to keep the conversation going, somewhere on Big Island?
Yes, you have accurately narrowed it down Tyreless. And...
Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
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Mon 23 Apr, 2018 10:47 pmby johnw
The feature in the centre background belching steam and volcanic gasses has a name, as does the larger caldera that surrounds it.
Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
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Tue 24 Apr, 2018 10:05 pmby johnw
This is in a NP at probably the most visited active volcanic site on the Big Island. There are many hiking trails including the one that I just ascended from the caldera below, although the area of it that you can access these days is fairly limited. The crater contains a "lake" of molten lava.
Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
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Wed 25 Apr, 2018 1:36 amby Orion
Kilauea? I tried to match it up to my photos a couple of days ago but it looked different. If that's the place, where were you standing when you took the picture?
Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
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Thu 26 Apr, 2018 12:53 amby johnw
Orion wrote:Kilauea? I tried to match it up to my photos a couple of days ago but it looked different. If that's the place, where were you standing when you took the picture?
Correct Orion. Overlooking the Kilauea caldera towards the Halema‘uma‘u crater and lava lake. This was taken from an interesting area called Steaming Bluff, which is not far from the crater rim road.
Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
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Thu 26 Apr, 2018 1:02 amby Orion
USA:
Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
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Thu 26 Apr, 2018 4:18 pmby GregR
Pretty sure that's taken in the Oval Office.
Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
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Fri 27 Apr, 2018 12:48 amby Orion
Good one! But I suspect it would be much, much smaller if that were the case.
This infamous formation is about 15m tall and is in a National Park in California.
Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
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Fri 27 Apr, 2018 7:40 amby GregR
If not the White House how about The Pinnacles NP .
Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
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Fri 27 Apr, 2018 9:14 amby Orion
Yes it is the Pinnacles.
Can you name the formation?
Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
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Fri 27 Apr, 2018 3:51 pmby GregR
Can you name the formation?..
I could but I'd be banned for life from this forum.
Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
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Sat 28 Apr, 2018 12:32 amby Orion
Are you saying that it's unmentionable?
Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
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Sat 28 Apr, 2018 12:32 pmby GregR
No!
I’m just messing with your mind. I have no idea.
I was just hoping to win by default.
Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
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Sat 28 Apr, 2018 2:50 pmby eggs
To keep it moving - lets try The Shaft?
Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
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Sun 29 Apr, 2018 5:01 amby Orion
GregR wrote:No!
I’m just messing with your mind. I have no idea.
I was just hoping to win by default.
That's too bad, because it is in fact called "The Unmentionable".
Close enough though. Go ahead with the next one.
Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
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Sun 29 Apr, 2018 5:10 pmby GregR
Thanks Orion,
See I was right it is name after the abomination in the Oval Office.
This ones in mainland Britain, name the body of water I’m looking across.
Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
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Sun 29 Apr, 2018 6:50 pmby ribuck
Wastwater.
Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
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Sun 29 Apr, 2018 7:47 pmby GregR
Sorry Ribuck but not Waswater, Wasrwater is far more dramatic like this, barely a tree to seen except at the extreme western end.
Close but no cigar
Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
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Sun 29 Apr, 2018 10:50 pmby eggs
Buttermere
Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
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Mon 30 Apr, 2018 12:19 pmby GregR
Yep Buttermere it is
All yours
Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
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Mon 30 Apr, 2018 12:49 pmby eggs
I had hoped to see Buttermere, but the worst weather of our trip had us driving past it.
Next one is in the Pacific
- Sigatoka Sand Dunes NP, Fiji
Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
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Mon 30 Apr, 2018 10:17 pmby johnw
eggs could this be Sigatoka Sand Dunes NP in Fiji? I've been to Sigatoka but didn't realise this existed.
Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
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Mon 30 Apr, 2018 11:45 pmby eggs
Yes John.
Climbed onto these 10 days ago.
Well worth the effort and a short drive from the resort we were in.
The beach section had massive wave action as well.
Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
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Tue 01 May, 2018 10:12 amby johnw
eggs wrote:Yes John.
Climbed onto these 10 days ago.
Well worth the effort and a short drive from the resort we were in.
The beach section had massive wave action as well.
Thanks eggs, wasn't there some bad weather recently? My wife has expressed some interest in revisiting the resort we stayed at about 30 mins from Sigatoka. Will check this out if we go back.
An easy one from NZ to keep it going. What feature am I climbing?
- Ascending Mt John via the forest overlooking Lake Tekapo - Mackenzie Basin, Canterbury New Zealand
Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
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Wed 02 May, 2018 10:13 amby eggs
Cyclones a few weeks before had minimal effect on the places we went to.
The best spot we stayed was a resort on a small island.
Are you on the way to Mt John Observatory?