Guess the Skyline!
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It's not really a city skyline in my opinon. The image shows mostly a road with cars.
The license plates are American. Route 285 runs from Texas over New Mexico to Colorado. License plate look like New Mexico and less like the ones in Texas/Colorado.
So I go with Clines Corners (suburb of Santa Fe) or Rosewell. Those are the only larger cities that Route 285 runs through in New Mexico. Cheers!
The license plates are American. Route 285 runs from Texas over New Mexico to Colorado. License plate look like New Mexico and less like the ones in Texas/Colorado.
So I go with Clines Corners (suburb of Santa Fe) or Rosewell. Those are the only larger cities that Route 285 runs through in New Mexico. Cheers!
Roswell of course. You're right, it's not really a skyline, but consider the streetlamp. 
(As Roswell has no distinctive skyline, this was, I think, a more fun option than posting a bigger picture. And I had to put that lamp in.)
All yours, sir.
(As Roswell has no distinctive skyline, this was, I think, a more fun option than posting a bigger picture. And I had to put that lamp in.)All yours, sir.
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I give you two skylines of the same town to make things a little bit easier and one hint for those who need it.
Hint 1
It's a smaller town but very famous (like my last skyline which was Saint Tropez. Saint Tropez is also small but famous). The town is a popular tourist attraction.
An excellent guess, as always! But it is not Pompeii. Keep guessing
Is it Taormina? The architecture looks italian, and there are mountains but not snowy mountains, so that makes me think Sicily, and google says thius town when you type in 'places to visit in Sicily'
Well done! We have a winner
It is indeed Taormina! It's a must-visit when you are in Sicily. Been there myself and it's worth the visit!Edit: Fixed Typo!
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A come on
There are so many interesting skylines left Yours looks Mediterranean. Barcelona?
Gorgeous!
Acapulco, Mexico?
Has a "beach-bay" like this with hotel highriser and mountains.
Acapulco, Mexico?
Has a "beach-bay" like this with hotel highriser and mountains.
Can confirm that, Siracusa, Etna, than Taormina.
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taZZy has it down, this is one of those hotel packed cities with a just as packed beach. I actually remember that black tower in the back being a hotel, but I can't remember for the life of me where it was...
A come on
Yours looks Mediterranean. Barcelona?
Nope, neither of these!
The reason the rest of us aren't posting isn't because we're away. We're just stumped. If we have to fill a quota of wrong answers before you give us a clue, I'll gladly contribute mine.
Venice.
EDIT: Scrub that. It's bloody Benidorm isn't it?
Venice.
EDIT: Scrub that. It's bloody Benidorm isn't it?
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Yes, thereason I haven't posted anything for a few days, and a few days before that, is because I have literally no clue recently. I have noticed recently, that is is the same people most times, (no I'm not accusing you of cheating) and I think it is brilliant. Well done. (I just wish there was one I knew. There have been a couple..... while I was asleep.)The reason the rest of us aren't posting isn't because we're away. We're just stumped. If we have to fill a quota of wrong answers before you give us a clue, I'll gladly contribute mine.
Venice.
EDIT: Scrub that. It's bloody Benidorm isn't it?
Shilka gave me the clue, and so did my subconscious. He said it was one of those hotel- and tourist-packed cities with teeming beaches. Before I jokingly posted Venice, I thought to myself: "What is farthest from this soulless place"? And in a few minutes the connection had been made. Why not Mexico or some place in Latin America? Well, because I spent a huge amount of time (well, as much as I could, anyway) looking up coastal cities there, and nothing turned up.
I shall have my revenge for the time misspent by posting another impossible picture.
I shall have my revenge for the time misspent by posting another impossible picture.
Well, must admit i do use google at times, (not to reverse search the pictures, but) for example to look up the cyrillic alphabet so I can find out it actually sais 'Tuva' on the seats of the sports stadium in that picture of Tuva's capital city. I play a lot of Geoguessr, a game that drops you in a random google streetview location and leaves you to guess where you are. It taught me to look for the tiniest clues, and it for example taught me you can recognize a japanes location by looking at lamppost (as they always seem to paint a yellow/black stripe patern at the bottom of those).
It's often not the total picture that gives me clues, but small elements in it, landmarks, bridges, surrounding terrain, color of the dirt, adverts in certain language/lettertype. You for example can sometimes tell that a city is northern or near mountains by looking at roof edges, because they have those 'snowcatchers' that keep snow from sliding down the roofs. Small clues like that can help immensly.
It also helps I do a lot of architectural research, mainly as inspiration for minecraft, and for the map editing I like to do in games. I have a general interest in architecture anyway, and have a shelf of books on it at home. I also used to download loads of landmarks for Simcity 4.
I've also been to all western european countries (except Ireland and Iceland), a handful of eastern european countries and a few north african ones. That helps too, especially when it come to recognizing the general architecture of a city picture. And I watch lots of discovery and national geographic channel XD
Anyway's, next to guessing, it would be cool if people would also post why they'd think it is their guess (like identifying landmarks, architecture and other clues). Whenever someone guesses a picture I'm always curious what lead them to their guess
It's often not the total picture that gives me clues, but small elements in it, landmarks, bridges, surrounding terrain, color of the dirt, adverts in certain language/lettertype. You for example can sometimes tell that a city is northern or near mountains by looking at roof edges, because they have those 'snowcatchers' that keep snow from sliding down the roofs. Small clues like that can help immensly.
It also helps I do a lot of architectural research, mainly as inspiration for minecraft, and for the map editing I like to do in games. I have a general interest in architecture anyway, and have a shelf of books on it at home. I also used to download loads of landmarks for Simcity 4.
I've also been to all western european countries (except Ireland and Iceland), a handful of eastern european countries and a few north african ones. That helps too, especially when it come to recognizing the general architecture of a city picture. And I watch lots of discovery and national geographic channel XD
Anyway's, next to guessing, it would be cool if people would also post why they'd think it is their guess (like identifying landmarks, architecture and other clues). Whenever someone guesses a picture I'm always curious what lead them to their guess
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As ShilkaLive sad, I believe it is ok to look up clues that were given by the post author. Trying to solve the challenge by looking up city names in a particular region seems ok to me.
What's not ok is to use Google's Reverse Image Search, at least that's my opinion on the matter.
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After searching unsuccessfully in the Caribbean, Central America and Hawaii; i'm afraid to loose again.
Should we look for asian tourist traps?
Should we look for asian tourist traps?
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