I have a minor addiction to Google Maps. Perhaps "minor" isn't the best term for it. I've literally spent hours on the site, looking at satellite images from around the globe (and beyond) until the battery on my laptop gave out. So I thought it would be fun to pull some images off the site of famous (or mostly famous) things and have people guess what/where they are. (I have no prizes to give out, but I promise to use the "net handle" of the first person to get all 10 locations correct in an upcoming article I write for the site.)
#1The site of the biggest explosion on Earth ... ever.
#2Dan Brown knows a thing or two about this.
#3This is a good place to celebrate Independence Day.
#4These islands are home to one of the biggest shark populations in the Pacific Ocean.
#5If you lost 15% of your height, you'd be pissed too.
#6We're not saying you can't go in there.
#7Rumble in the Bronx was false advertising as that movie was actually filmed here.
#8Yes, it's a salt water lake, but no, it isn't the "great" one.
#9That twisted line going down the center? Some would say it's big. Others might call it "grand".
#10It's a land of fire at the end of the Earth.
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1. Krakatoa
2. The glass pyramid outside of the Louvre
6. The Forbidden City in Beijing
1. Krakatoa
2. The Louvre
3. Area 51 in Nevada
4.
5.
6.
7. Vancouver
8.
9.
10.
This is sad, as I love geography. I should know all of these.
1. Krakatoa
2. The Louvre
3. Area 51 in Nevada
4.
5.
6. The Forbidden City in Beijing
7. Vancouver
8.
9. New Orleans?
10. Tierra Del Fuego
1. Krakatoa
2. The Louvre
3. Area 51 in Nevada
4.
5. Mt. St. Helens
6. Forbidden City, Beijing
7. Vancouver
8.
9. Venice
10.
KBK- You're almost there
I know, these last two are stumping me, I'm pouring over the Pacific Ocean right now. Man that thing is huge.
1. Krakatoa
2. The Louvre
3. Area 51 in Nevada
4.
5. Mt. St. Helens
6. Forbidden City, Beijing
7. Vancouver
8.
9. Venice, Italy
10. Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina
1. Krakatoa
2. The Louvre
3. Area 51 in Nevada
4.
5. Mt. St. Helens
6. Forbidden City, Beijing
7. Vancouver
8. Salton Sea (Cali)
9. Venice, Italy
10. Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina
8. The Dead Sea
4. Farallon Island off San Francisco?
1. Krakatoa
2. The Louvre
3. Area 51 in Nevada
4. Solomon Islands
5. Mt. St. Helens
6. Forbidden City, Beijing
7. Vancouver
8. Dead Sea
9. Venice, Italy
10. Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina
PDXME- Got the last one. Damn, how's that for a combined effort? Shit, I guess I'll have to acknowledge all of you in a future post.
1. Krakatoa
2. The Louvre
3. Area 51 in Nevada
4. Farallon Island
5. Mt St. Helens, Washington
6. The Forbidden City in Beijing
7. Vancouver
8. salton sea, california
9. Venice, Italy
10. Tierra Del Fuego
Clever challenge Echo. Man the Salton Sea looks just weird. Seems like a curious place to check out on your next road trip, so to speak. Area 51 too..