Where are we? (Google Earth Quiz)

[wuxmedia]

oops, thanks to rust collector for the reminder 8)
nope - It's a European gulf. can't be too many of those, remember i'm not exactly a globe trotter.

[machinebacon]

Around Biscay? ;)

[wuxmedia]

that's a big bay, but your on the right side...

[paolo]

maybe the island is near Loire-Atlantique ?

[wuxmedia]

^ sure is, in a gulf...
Ok - easy clue, it's got some amazing megalithique rocks, on it.

[machinebacon]

Where are we? ;)

[paolo]

I find these place on the 'net :)

Nice place! Is in your country ?

[machinebacon]

No, but it's in Europe :)

[wuxmedia]

the date wasn't much help to me.

hey! my last question wasn't answered, it was some island in the golf de morbihan; called Gavrinis, with a fantastic tomb and megalithic 'needle' which had fallen down.

[pidsley]

Plzeň?

Specifically the gate to the Pilsner Urquell brewery.

Only a five minute walk from the main train station in Plzen lies the monument to world class Pilsner style beer, the Pilsner Urquell Brewery. Two arches of the main gate first greet visitors merely with the dates 1842-1892 in Roman and Arabic.

[machinebacon]

Wow, pidsley gets the Golden Pineapple :) Congratulations! Your turn, if you like!

[pidsley]

I cheated and used ixquick and "1842-1892 gate" ;)

My turn. Same place, different days.

[Dr_Chroot]

Oh boy. Something that looks near the Bikini Atoll?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nWFx-zmI0k

[pidsley]

^ Close enough! That is the Enewetak atoll. The round holes at the top of the picture were formed by the Ivy Mike and Castle Nectar tests. On November 1, 1952, The Ivy Mike test produced a yield of 10.4 megatons and completely vaporized Elugelab island.

This map shows the location of Enewetak and Bikini.



Your turn Doctor ;)

[Dr_Chroot]

^ Frightening, TBBH. I can't imagine the scarring that would be left on a continent by a barrage of nuclear weapons.

This one might be too easy, but I'll still throw it out there anyway :D

[ivanovnegro]

^ That looks like a Russian Orthodox church. But in the background I see something like Chinese, must be the cathedral in Harbin.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Soph ... _in_Harbin

[Dr_Chroot]

^ Bingo! Your turn :D

[ivanovnegro]

Same religion but also famous.

Somehow it turned ugly. You cannot remove the descriptions anymore on Maps?

[machinebacon]

^ Seems it doesn't remove the labels in Google Maps, only in Earth (which I definitely won't install!) :D

So, a mosque with the five pillars of Islam... that's a bit hard now :D

[ivanovnegro]

Nope, no Google Earth, no me gusta. :)

So, any ideas for this nice Russian Orthodox church with the five pillars of Islam. :P