(International) Guess the Location 2 a.k.a. Part Deux (see rules post 1)

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Greybottle wrote: »

Lac Rose, Dakar, Senegal. ?

Close but quite far away.

josip

Lake Hillier?

jmayo

Las Coloradas, Mexico ?

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josip wrote: »

Lake Hillier?

Nope.

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jmayo wrote: »

Las Coloradas, Mexico ?

Nope.

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Correct country has been guessed

jmayo

Hutt Lagoon, WA.

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jmayo wrote: »

Hutt Lagoon, WA.

Nope.

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Correct state has not been guessed.

jmayo

Pink Lake, near Wimmera River, Dimboola, Victoria

Never knew there were so many pink lakes and now realise I was within 30 miles of one and didn't go :mad:

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jmayo wrote: »

Pink Lake, near Wimmera River, Dimboola, Victoria

Never knew there were so many pink lakes and now realise I was within 30 miles of one and didn't go :mad:

That's the one. I believe it's a salt lake too, so that's salt rather than sand in the picture.

jmayo

A fairly unusual place.

josip

Mount St. Helens?

jmayo

josip wrote: »

Mount St. Helens?

Nope.

donegal.

freeport maine

jmayo

donegal. wrote: »

freeport maine

Nope

M.T. Cranium

Once again, I can't find the exact location but I think it has to be Great Sand Dunes National Park in southern Colorado. That is bordered to east and north by some very high mountain peaks in the southern Rockies. I haven't been there myself, on my list of places to visit next time.

jmayo

M.T. Cranium wrote: »

Once again, I can't find the exact location but I think it has to be Great Sand Dunes National Park in southern Colorado. That is bordered to east and north by some very high mountain peaks in the southern Rockies. I haven't been there myself, on my list of places to visit next time.

Sorry haven't been monitoring this.
I actually had you as a banker to get this.

It is a lot further north than Colorado.
This is right along a major road and is available on google maps.

I would even bet you have travelled it.;)

M.T. Cranium

Well, I haven't been there, but it's the Carcross Desert north of the village of Carcross in the Yukon. Will try to post a new photo tonight.

jmayo

M.T. Cranium wrote: »

Well, I haven't been there, but it's the Carcross Desert north of the village of Carcross in the Yukon. Will try to post a new photo tonight.

I would have thought you would travelled up Alaska highway/Klondike highway to Whitehorse ?

It is listed as Carcross Desert, the smallest desert, but is really just some sand dunes.
I thought the bear proof refuse bin would be giveaway for Canada and the trees looked a little stunted might be a give away as to how far north it was.

Actually I would recommend drive between Skagway and Carcross, some real unsual scenery.
Also nice friendly US border/customs staff, who love meeting strangers as they are a bit bored.

feargale

jmayo wrote: »

It is listed as Carcross Desert, the smallest desert, but is really just some sand dunes.

Smallest desert in the world? Is it smaller than the Burren?

jmayo

feargale wrote: »

Smallest desert in the world? Is it smaller than the Burren?

Some argue Carcross is not a desert and I don't think I have ever heard anyone refer to The Burren as a desert ?
A rocky limestone karst landscape yes.

Anyway I think Carcross "desert" is smaller than The Burren.

M.T. Cranium

I agree, it's not a desert in the climate sense of the term, just extensive sand dunes left behind by the recent glaciation of the region.

There's a more authentic small desert in the border region of B.C. and Washington state near Osoyoos, B.C. known as the "pocket desert" that is something like five miles north-south and two miles east-west. Maybe that's the smallest desert.

I had trouble last time uploading images from google earth so I will try again, either a new picture will appear or I will hand off to somebody who can post.

M.T. Cranium

Not having much luck downloading images from Google Earth but I do have one of my own here which will serve to keep the thread moving forward.

This rock formation has a name so that will be the "correct" answer, also give an approximate location (I can give the exact co-ordinates later for anyone who wants to see this on google earth).

The view is approximately east from a highway and the distance of the rock formation is about two miles from the camera.

josip

M.T. Cranium wrote: »

Not having much luck downloading images from Google Earth but I do have one of my own here which will serve to keep the thread moving forward.

This rock formation has a name so that will be the "correct" answer, also give an approximate location (I can give the exact co-ordinates later for anyone who wants to see this on google earth).

The view is approximately east from a highway and the distance of the rock formation is about two miles from the camera.

So you're looking for more than "Monument Canyon Trail; Colorado National Monument; Grand Junction, Colorado" ?

M.T. Cranium

not if that was right, but it's not actually the location (think it must look similar, but the rock formation upper left has a specific name and it's several hundred miles away from Grand Junction and not in Colorado).

Here's another hint to save fruitless searching, the location shown is not in a national park or national monument.

M.T. Cranium

I will give a hint here so we can move this towards solution and get back to regular business ...

... the rock formation is named for what it resembles, on a scale of about 100:1 as far as anyone using it that way.

... and it's in Utah. as I mentioned, it's not in a national park or monument, but there is a national monument about 30 miles southeast of this location (or to the right of the scene).

Greybottle

Cathedral Rock, Moab, Utah?

M.T. Cranium

No, location is further south.

M.T. Cranium

Well, I have the feeling this is either not a very popular choice of location to search, or impossible to find, so I will move things along by stating the location and inviting anyone to post a more normal sort of google earth view ...

... anyway, it's a rock formation called Jacob's Chair and you can see it from Utah State Route 95 between the Colorado River and Natural Bridges National Monument.

so fire away and we'll get this thread re-activated.