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pvsage

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From: North Carolina

Registered: 2009-10-18

Posts: 13,970

Re: Where are we? (GoogleEarth Quiz)

^ I think my fellow cyclist has it.

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Roetsj

#! CrunchBanger

From: Amsterdam, NL

Registered: 2011-01-11

Posts: 162

Re: Where are we? (GoogleEarth Quiz)

^ http://1lesscarnews.blogspot.nl/ 

scket

#! CrunchBanger

From: West Midlands

Registered: 2009-01-16

Posts: 221

Re: Where are we? (GoogleEarth Quiz)

Yes it's Arromanches in Normandy France.

Wiki - Mulberry Harbour

Well done Roetsj, your turn.

Roetsj

#! CrunchBanger

From: Amsterdam, NL

Registered: 2011-01-11

Posts: 162

Re: Where are we? (GoogleEarth Quiz)

same era

pvsage

Internal Affairs

From: North Carolina

Registered: 2009-10-18

Posts: 13,970

Re: Where are we? (GoogleEarth Quiz)

^ This is a bridge close to where you live, correct?  (EDIT:  Just how far is that bridge? )

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Roetsj

#! CrunchBanger

From: Amsterdam, NL

Registered: 2011-01-11

Posts: 162

Re: Where are we? (GoogleEarth Quiz)

^ It's about 90 km east of Amsterdam.

pvsage

Internal Affairs

From: North Carolina

Registered: 2009-10-18

Posts: 13,970

Re: Where are we? (GoogleEarth Quiz)

^ I was referencing a movie/book title, based on an expression that arose from Operation Market Garden. 8o

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Roetsj

#! CrunchBanger

From: Amsterdam, NL

Registered: 2011-01-11

Posts: 162

Re: Where are we? (GoogleEarth Quiz)

lol you got me there! You know the name of the bridge?

pvsage

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From: North Carolina

Registered: 2009-10-18

Posts: 13,970

Re: Where are we? (GoogleEarth Quiz)

Not offhand, but I was able to search it; doesn't count. (In other words, I'm passing on this one too. )

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PackRat

#! Die Hard

From: USA

Registered: 2011-03-03

Posts: 1,572

Re: Where are we? (GoogleEarth Quiz)

Arnhem

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pvsage

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From: North Carolina

Registered: 2009-10-18

Posts: 13,970

Re: Where are we? (GoogleEarth Quiz)

^ That's the town; what's the name of the Bridge Too Far?

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#! Die Hard

From: USA

Registered: 2011-03-03

Posts: 1,572

Re: Where are we? (GoogleEarth Quiz)

I always thought it was the Arnhem Bridge, but I see they have apparently re-named the bridge the John Frost Bridge.

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Roetsj

#! CrunchBanger

From: Amsterdam, NL

Registered: 2011-01-11

Posts: 162

Re: Where are we? (GoogleEarth Quiz)

^ they did in the late seventies: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Frost_Bridge.
your turn 

PackRat

#! Die Hard

From: USA

Registered: 2011-03-03

Posts: 1,572

Re: Where are we? (GoogleEarth Quiz)

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scket

#! CrunchBanger

From: West Midlands

Registered: 2009-01-16

Posts: 221

Re: Where are we? (GoogleEarth Quiz)

John o' Groats?

Wiki

PackRat

#! Die Hard

From: USA

Registered: 2011-03-03

Posts: 1,572

Re: Where are we? (GoogleEarth Quiz)

Close enough; I was actually after the name of those islands to the northeast (Orkney).

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scket

#! CrunchBanger

From: West Midlands

Registered: 2009-01-16

Posts: 221

Re: Where are we? (GoogleEarth Quiz)

Try this:

it does have a FLOSS association!

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photonucleon

Quantum Geek

From: Hogwarts

Registered: 2013-06-10

Posts: 952

Re: Where are we? (GoogleEarth Quiz)

Liverpool, perhaps?

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meitzi

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From: Finland

Registered: 2013-06-19

Posts: 24

Website

Re: Where are we? (GoogleEarth Quiz)

http://goo.gl/maps/nfJpr
really close to the water as can see when zooming out

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scket

#! CrunchBanger

From: West Midlands

Registered: 2009-01-16

Posts: 221

Re: Where are we? (GoogleEarth Quiz)

+photonucleon

Correct, that's Liverpool Cathedral and next to it, the building site, is where last years, and this years OggCamp will be held:
http://oggcamp.org/
https://plus.google.com/114120215314425775951/posts

Your turn.

photonucleon

Quantum Geek

From: Hogwarts

Registered: 2013-06-10

Posts: 952

Re: Where are we? (GoogleEarth Quiz)

There we go... click for larger view...

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MartinRF

#! Junkie

From: Stockholm, Sweden

Registered: 2009-01-23

Posts: 451

Website

Re: Where are we? (GoogleEarth Quiz)

The Needles, Isle of Wight.

/Martin

photonucleon

Quantum Geek

From: Hogwarts

Registered: 2013-06-10

Posts: 952

Re: Where are we? (GoogleEarth Quiz)

The Needles, Isle of Wight.

/Martin

Correct; your turn.

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MartinRF

#! Junkie

From: Stockholm, Sweden

Registered: 2009-01-23

Posts: 451

Website

Re: Where are we? (GoogleEarth Quiz)

Yet another Google-Earth snap by me with a history connection:
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-IVYw … eventh.jpg
First settled some 1100 years ago.

/Martin

scket

#! CrunchBanger

From: West Midlands

Registered: 2009-01-16

Posts: 221

Re: Where are we? (GoogleEarth Quiz)

It wouldn't be somewhere in the South Atlantic would it?