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[vada_9]

Does any one know the name of this famous river, downstream from the 2nd photo

[getting older slowly]

could be in china ??

[vada_9]

8 minutes ago, getting older slowly said:

could be in china ??

No, not China. The river is historic.

[possum52]

The Nile?

 

[qbay46]

The Tigris river

[ilikeanswers]

Euphrates River? 

[vada_9]

31 minutes ago, possum52 said:

The Nile?

 

Sorry, no

[vada_9]

24 minutes ago, qbay46 said:

The Tigris river

Sorry, no

[vada_9]

3 minutes ago, ilikeanswers said:

Euphrates River? 

We have a winner, downstream from Ataturk Dam in Turkey.

[vada_9]

 

I have done a quick calculation. To date we have had photos from almost 60 countries, including Island groups of some, some major waterways, many National parks. Even if you don't know the location, it is great to see where others have been.

 

 

 

 

[OzKiwiJJ]

And I started this thread less than a month ago! Wow!

 

I'm really pleased how everyone has contributed to this thread. It's been wonderful seeing all the amazing places people have been to, and I hope there will be many more to come.

 

Thanks, everyone. 😊😘

[ilikeanswers]

At the moment I only have access to photos taken out of airplanes, so hopefully this one will be easy enough. Name the mountain:

Edited September 11, 2020 by ilikeanswers

[OzKiwiJJ]

Kilimanjaro?

[getting older slowly]

mount fuji at a guess

[ilikeanswers]

Just now, getting older slowly said:

mount fuji at a guess

 

We have a winner! Taken on our flight from Tokyo to Ishigaki. I found a recommendation for which side of the plane to sit though they did say the best viewing chance was in winter however we seem to have got very lucky😄.

[getting older slowly]

Thanks    it just look like perfectly shape mountain, so thus the guess

 

I am cooking dinner.... so somebody please have a go 

 

Cheers Don

[OzKiwiJJ]

If you've done a particular excursion you would probably have seen this clock.

 

What town is it near? Bonus points if you can name the excursion?

 

 

[MicCanberra]

Mountain clock near Alexandra (Otago) - possibly a trail/mountain biking shorex from out of Port Chalmers/Dunedin.

[OzKiwiJJ]

Correct but the excursion would be the Dunedin/Milford Sound overnight trip.

[MicCanberra]

[ilikeanswers]

Godafoss Iceland

[MMDown Under]

11 hours ago, ilikeanswers said:

At the moment I only have access to photos taken out of airplanes, so hopefully this one will be easy enough. Name the mountain:

WOW Great photo.  Fancy having such a great view of Mount Fuji from your plane window.  The best close mountain view I had from a plane was that mountain on US West Coast with the side blown out.

My thoughts are with all those currently suffering bush fires on west coast states of US.

Edited September 11, 2020 by MMDown Under

[MicCanberra]

We cruised around Iceland in September 2016, with 3 ports, on a transatlantic cruise. We caught the northern lights and saw some spectacular scenery, many natural and geological wonders. Godafoss was just one of many but is perhaps one of the more well known ones.

 

Legend has it's name is derived due to a switch to Christianity:

Linguist and placename expert Svavar Sigmundsson suggests that the name derives from two crags at the falls which resemble pagan idols. In 1879-1882, a myth was published in Denmark according to which the waterfall was named when the lawspeaker Þorgeir Ljósvetningagoði made Christianity the official religion of Iceland in the year 999 or 1000. Upon returning home from the Alþingi, Þorgeir supposedly threw his statues of the Norse gods into the waterfall.

[ilikeanswers]

We did a driving trip around Iceland during the midnight sun, (though I really want to go back and see the Northern Lights🤗). I remembered Godafoss and Hrafnabjargafoss so I thought it had to be one of them. Iceland is in my top five favourite destinations😄 I love the place. 

Edited September 11, 2020 by ilikeanswers

[ilikeanswers]

So I'm still restricted to out of plane photos here is another one. Name the island: