|
11-11-2011, 12:08 PM
|
#361 |
|
™
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Arlington, VA
Posts: 27,717
|
I'm not sure who built the structure in my picture, but Greenpeace has occupied this rock before and put up flags. This might be a Greenpeace structure too.
Last edited by glatt; 11-11-2011 at 12:14 PM. |
|
|
|
11-11-2011, 12:29 PM
|
#364 |
|
Makes some feel uncomfortable
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 10,346
|
Where is it?
__________________
 "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce
|
|
|
|
|
11-11-2011, 12:31 PM
|
#365 |
|
Goon Squad Leader
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Seattle
Posts: 27,063
|
what glatt said, isuzu falls, whatever.
__________________
Be Just and Fear Not. Last edited by BigV; 11-11-2011 at 12:36 PM. Reason: right video, wrong name. |
|
|
|
|
11-11-2011, 12:32 PM
|
#366 |
|
™
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Arlington, VA
Posts: 27,717
|
Those are those falls in Argentina where a scene from Moonraker was shot.
|
|
|
|
|
11-11-2011, 12:33 PM
|
#367 |
|
™
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Arlington, VA
Posts: 27,717
|
Iguazú Falls
|
|
|
|
|
11-11-2011, 12:34 PM
|
#368 |
|
Professor
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Brest (FRANCE)
Posts: 1,837
|
Glatt is right. Iguazu Falls more precisely.
__________________
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography." - Ambrose Bierce |
|
|
|
|
11-11-2011, 12:36 PM
|
#369 |
|
Person who doesn't update the user title
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 13,002
|
You know what? One of my first of many google searches came up with the name Rockall but that's as far as I got.
ARGH! |
|
|
|
|
11-11-2011, 12:39 PM
|
#370 |
|
™
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Arlington, VA
Posts: 27,717
|
I believe you, but BigV wins. He said it first.
|
|
|
|
|
11-11-2011, 12:40 PM
|
#371 |
|
™
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Arlington, VA
Posts: 27,717
|
The only reason I knew the falls is that my parents were there last week and e-mailed pictures.
|
|
|
|
|
11-11-2011, 12:44 PM
|
#372 | |
|
Person who doesn't update the user title
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 13,002
|
Quote:
 #winning |
|
|
|
|
|
11-11-2011, 12:45 PM
|
#373 |
|
Goon Squad Leader
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Seattle
Posts: 27,063
|
the only reason I knew the falls (and I'm using the term "knew" very loosely) is that they're featured in the Planet Earth dvd series I have. just bogglingly stunningly beautiful photography. gorgeous is a pathetic understatement. the image (obviously) stuck with me, though I lost the name in the translation.
__________________
Be Just and Fear Not. |
|
|
|
|
11-11-2011, 01:22 PM
|
#374 |
|
™
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Arlington, VA
Posts: 27,717
|
I mentioned before that I'm reading this Ken Jennings map book. It really is mostly pretty dull, but every once in a while there is a neat footnote. Rockall was one of them, but an even better one is Ferdinandea.
Ferdinandea is a former island near Sicily. A volcano erupted in 1831 and created a new, small, island in the middle of the narrowest part of the Mediterranean Sea. It immediately became a popular tourist destination and caused an international feud between 4 different nations who all tried to claim the new territory. But after only a few months, it crumbled back into the sea, ending all disputes. All disputes until 1986, that is, when the US bombed the underwater island because we thought it was a Libyan submarine. Seriously. I would have used Ferdinandea as a "where is it?" but it doesn't exist and there are no photos. |
|
|
|
|
11-11-2011, 01:41 PM
|
#375 | ||
|
Goon Squad Leader
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Seattle
Posts: 27,063
|
Quote:
Quote:
__________________
Be Just and Fear Not. |
||
|
|
|
 |
| Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
|
|
Linear Mode
