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SanfamSanfam I like clocks.
in Zocalo v2.0
While we're on the topic of distracting ourselves from other topics with the gratuitous posting of images of stuff we love so very much, why not just go a step further? Post pictures, maps, etc of your town that you think kick ass or are otherwise fun.

I've only got one ready at the moment. The near "Perpetual Sunset" seen in the summer and on warm winter days due to light from the city and other nearby towns reflecting off the moisture in the atmosphere...

[URL=http://spoo.rh.rit.edu/photo/DSC00493.jpg]Check it out here[/URL]

Edit: There's more! [URL=http://spoo.rh.rit.edu/photo/causeway1.jpg]The Causeway[/URL] and [URL=http://spoo.rh.rit.edu/photo/harbor1.jpg]the Harbor on the opposite side of the camera[/URL]
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  • RhettRhett (Not even a monkey)
    Yes, I have noticed that we seem to be flirting more and more with the abyss that people call "real life"... Hmmm, what have we become....

    On the topic at hand though, my town is a windy town in California. IT would not be very interesting to see.
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    You're bored, arn't you? :)
  • MessiahMessiah Failed Experiment
    I have to get myself a digital camera, so I can get more involved in these kinds of threads.
  • Entil'ZhaEntil'Zha I see famous people
    Well thats easy, I've got something that typifies my hometown.

    [IMG]http://www.firefoot.com/~mhochman/bb.jpg[/IMG]

    And this is where i lived from the time i was 2 until i was 22

    [IMG]http://www.firefoot.com/~mhochman/bar-harbor-19.jpg[/IMG]
  • croxiscroxis I am the walrus
    I don't think anyone has posted a picture of my hometown of Boring, Oregon!
  • MessiahMessiah Failed Experiment
    Couple of pictures from Gothenburg:

    Coming in from the Ocean: [url]http://www.ninebynine.org/Travels/1999Jul-IETF45/990710-1606-070.jpg[/url]
    [url]http://www.ninebynine.org/Travels/1999Jul-IETF45/990710-1548-062.jpg[/url]
    The Operahouse of Gothenburg:[img]http://soren.informtrycket.se/congrex_8/images/operan.jpg[/img]
    A couple of pictures of our 'downtown':[img]http://cityguide.se/images/goteborg/frontpics/gotaplatsen.jpg[/img][img]http://www.avenyn.se/Nattavenyn.jpg[/img]
    A typical Gothenburg building:[img]http://www.kosmetiskkirurgi-il.se/html/adresser/goteborgbild.jpg[/img]
    The man who founded Gothenburg, Gustav II Adolf:[img]http://www.sverige.de/lexi/pics/lexi_gesc.jpg[/img]
    [img]http://biopython.org/~dalke/Euro2001/copper_mare.jpg[/img]
    Our City Arms:[img]http://hem.fyristorg.com/gothenburg/Gothenburg%20City%20arms.JPG[/img]
    One of the many trams you take to get anywhere in Gothenburg:[img]http://mercurio.iet.unipi.it/pix/se/trams/Goeteborg/M31/m31b.jpg[/img]
  • croxiscroxis I am the walrus
    Here is a nice shot of Downtown Portland though:

    [IMG]http://www.pova.com/images/home_page_option3.jpg[/IMG]
  • David of MacDavid of Mac Elite Ranger Ca
    To all American posters: I shall send you images of my home town through your television. Check your local CBS affliate between 10 and 11 PM on monday nights to see my home town of Miami. Check local listings to be sure, though. ;)

    Oh, and these pictures will likely have heavy blue or yellow filters on them. Do not worry, in Miami, it does not normally look like everything is tinted the color of pee.

    Except for the occasionall really yellow sunset, but those are pretty rare.

    I'll be going now.
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    Well, I lack a digital camera but a quick search on google images found me plenty of pics. So, let's begin.

    First off, here's a [url=http://www.cnn.com/US/9909/09/religious.freedom/new.zealand.auckland.lg.jpg]map[/url] for those of you who don't actually know where NZ is.
    Here's a [url=http://www.polishheritage.co.nz/OFFICE/AUCKLAND.JPG]map[/url] of the Auckland region. Auckland and Manakau cities are actually one city, but they have separate councils. Most cities in NZ work like this, don't know about the rest of the world.
    Here are a [url=http://www.auldhouse.co.nz/images/Auckland.jpg]couple[/url] of [url=http://www.wwww.org/pictures/NZ/Auckland.jpg]shots[/url] of Auckland's CBD, the first looking south from over the harbour and the second looking north.
    Here we have the [url=http://www.graphics-muse.org/travel/nz1999/images/auckland-1-tn.jpg]Harbour Bridge and a marina[/url].
    [url=http://www.newzealandsites.com/about-new-zealand/images/auckland-yachting-regatta.jpg]This[/url] is a yachting regatta (we get a lot of those) with Rangitoto, a dormant volcano, in the background. Rangitoto last erupted approximately 800 years ago (fun fact: we have 48 volcanos in Auckland, most of them within a few kilometres of the CBD).
    [url=http://www.rssc.com/ports/port_images/auckland.jpg]This[/url] is North Head, another volcano and on the northern side of the entrance to the harbour. It's also filled with tunnels from WWII, when it was used as an army base and filled up with things like dissapearing cannons, normal cannons, etc.
    [url=http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/auckland/introduction/sister/images/auckland_at_night.jpg]Here[/url] we have Auckland at night.
  • Adam EvansAdam Evans Earthforce Officer
    [b]Port Orchard, Washington State[/b]
    Home of the only Roundabout in Washington State
    [img]http://www.roundaboutsusa.com/images/portorchard5.jpg[/img]

    The only skate park in the county:
    [img]http://www.sleestak.net/parks/wa/portorchs.jpg[/img]

    Downtown:
    [img]http://www.portorchard.net/random_images/photo_po4.jpg[/img]

    Attached is the aerial photo:

    Yes you can see my house from there. Its some where on the bottom left of the picture.
  • rcmodelsrcmodels Ranger
    dude for the love of god, it's called a rotary. In the uk it's a roundabout :)
  • Adam EvansAdam Evans Earthforce Officer
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by rcmodels [/i]
    [B]dude for the love of god, it's called a rotary. In the uk it's a roundabout :) [/B][/QUOTE]

    I got used to calling that since I lived in Europe almost half my life. :P
  • rcmodelsrcmodels Ranger
    [url]http://www.telecamsystems.com/chatham/[/url]

    there are some cams from chatham, massachusetts. there are some listed that aren't though..
  • rcmodelsrcmodels Ranger
    thats no excuse :p
  • Adam EvansAdam Evans Earthforce Officer
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by rcmodels [/i]
    [B]thats no excuse :p [/B][/QUOTE]

    Also I think on the sign it says roundabout.
  • rcmodelsrcmodels Ranger
    weird.. there are only like 7 states that have them. THere are like 10 here on the cape.
  • Adam EvansAdam Evans Earthforce Officer
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by rcmodels [/i]
    [B]weird.. there are only like 7 states that have them. THere are like 10 here on the cape. [/B][/QUOTE]

    Our runabout is about 5 years old and people still dont know how to use them. :P
  • bobobobo (A monkey)
    Home of the SPurs.

    My house in San Antonio Texas.
    [IMG]http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?zoom=10&mapdata=Z4hBeDJQe5emsWgCtLklfNz4sjOFZC%2fkl3RuxhlywuyDLBsxSRkpfPmRd8NvofHGWHDbIY8evWlNxdVeoTkbC6TTKsCVuTsa9uUdWt2oa8W%2f5OrlRzPe2MPupk9R75%2ffVvccEUyKV86aqK8%2f4flB1uTHzf5QRrfCykHpih3I9R7F1T%2bRT%2bdth1EBIw5pmiZzFGsdRcCqhPwyEnCIZ0qlhtXAeq1ToOGpysiPdwLOp8v8FeJm%2fHm0O3quUqGW2Rttvfm54dEuGmZQ%2f%2fG4FjFHlHwZ4LJv3ZeaI3j0kYGWBbmf3nfQ11YyAg%3d%3d[/IMG]

    Right smack dab in the middle!
  • SolitaireSolitaire Moderator
    my village in the outskirts of Hamburg 2003

    [URL=http://www.madphisto.net/gallery/phil/wis_bird.jpg]Wilstedt Siedlung[/URL]

    maybe in 2004 who knows....

    [URL=http://www.madphisto.net/gallery/phil/wis3.jpg]Wilstedt Siedlung[/URL]
  • RhettRhett (Not even a monkey)
    We be coming for you...
  • C_MonC_Mon A Genuine Sucker
    OK!! I live in (in swedish) Sibbo, (in finnish) Sipoo!

    [URL=http://koti.mbnet.fi/c_mon84/suomi2_sksims4417134531.gif]Map where in Finland I live![/URL]
    [URL=http://koti.mbnet.fi/c_mon84/suomi3_sksims8644151895.gif]Zooming in![/URL]
    [URL=http://koti.mbnet.fi/c_mon84/suomi4_sksims8644141939.gif]And a litle more![/URL]

    [URL=http://koti.mbnet.fi/c_mon84/kuntala.jpg]This pic is taken from the center of Sibbo![/URL]
    [URL=http://koti.mbnet.fi/c_mon84/99080101.jpg]And a beach![/URL]
    [URL=http://koti.mbnet.fi/c_mon84/sipoo2.JPG]Here's the old church in Sibbo![/URL]

    The graves in the church pic are the heroe's graves that died in WW2 and are from Sibbo.
  • MundaneMundane Elite Ranger
    My hometown

    [IMG]http://158.38.89.74/galleri/2002%20-%20Heroy/small/120802-Fosnavag.JPG[/IMG]

    Another picture
    [url]http://158.38.89.74/galleri/2002%20-%20Heroy/small/DSCN0712.JPG[/url]

    And another one
    [url]http://158.38.89.74/galleri/2002%20-%20Heroy/small/DSCN0592.JPG[/url]

    Were I am studying atm
    [IMG]http://158.38.89.74/galleri/2002%20-%20Molde/small/DSCN0591.JPG[/IMG]

    another pic from the same place
    [url]http://158.38.89.74/galleri/2002%20-%20Molde/small/DSCN0570.JPG[/url]

    and another one
    [url]http://158.38.89.74/galleri/2003%20-%20Molde/small/DSCN1139.JPG[/url]
  • SanfamSanfam I like clocks.
    Mundane, both of those areas are just [b]beautiful![/b]

    Would you happen to mind if I dropped by sometime and, perhaps, took up residence? ;)
  • Entil'ZhaEntil'Zha I see famous people
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Mundane [/i]
    [B]My hometown

    [/url] [/B][/QUOTE]

    Wow, looks a lot like where i used to live, in a fishing village on an island off the coast of maine, Really looks a lot alike, course that's not too suprising since when all the contenents formed Pangaea, I believe Maine and Norway were connected. heh.
  • MessiahMessiah Failed Experiment
    Mundane: That looks so peaceful. I wouldnt mind living there myself.
  • MundaneMundane Elite Ranger
    thanks, peaceful is the problem..too boring here, I need to get away from this place....
  • Roi DantonRoi Danton Moderator
    [i]Semperoper[/i] in the winter period:
    [img]http://www.dresden-online.de/gif/download/hgbilder/winter/800x600/semperoper.jpg[/img]

    Gartenpalais in the [i]Großen Garten[/i]
    [img]http://www.dresden-online.de/gif/download/hgbilder/fruehling/800x600/schloss.jpg[/img]

    View on the old quarter of the city:
    [img]http://www.dresden-online.de/gif/download/hgbilder/winter/800x600/winter1.jpg[/img]

    Zwinger Pic #1:
    [img]http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~shans/germany/dresden_1/zwinger_5.jpg[/img]
    Zwinger Pic #2:
    [img]http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~shans/germany/dresden_1/zwinger_crown_gate_1.jpg[/img]

    Low-Floor-Tram:
    [img]http://mercurio.iet.unipi.it/pix/de/trams/Dresden/NGT6DD/DVB2545DNN1.jpg[/img]

    Mountain (Sächs. Schweiz) near my hometown:
    [img]http://www.delila.ws/marco/hobbys/fotos/jul2001_alunos/Jun28$16.JPG[/img]

    Riverside during the flood last summer:
    [img]http://www.biologie.tu-dresden.de/tylim2002/flut%20m/flut12m.JPG[/img]

    Mundane, a really romantic place you're living at. Looks just beautiful.
  • the_exilethe_exile Kupo!
    My town is 13 square miles, and, aside from our couple thousand residents, has a pizza parlor, school, police station (2 police!), fire station, tiny library, town hall, gas station, and small store. And woods. [B]lots[/B] of woods. My house is in the very center of town, across the street from from the school, library, and diagonal from the town hall. Basically, we're a tiny, backwater Massachusetts. Someone stop by Holland, MA sometime, and liven it up a bit, will ya?
  • SanfamSanfam I like clocks.
    More pics from Sanfam the holy!

    [url]http://spoo.rh.rit.edu/photo/home/[/url] for a boring slide show, but here's the nifty descriptive list. :P

    This photo is one of the harbor during a freak weather condition. It was just a beautiful day with this deep blue sky. It was around noon, and it made some things just look downright incredible.
    [img]http://spoo.rh.rit.edu/photo/home/images/storm.jpg[/img]

    Here's just a random, artsy photo of the side of the causeway. In the distance, there's the lighthouse, the body of which is sitting on an adjacent beach. Even further, Connecticut (That long, dark line).
    [img]http://spoo.rh.rit.edu/photo/home/images/DSC01758.jpg[/img]

    A photo of my general area during last year's Leonid storm. I was lucky and got one in the frame, ironically enough, when not intending to.
    [img]http://spoo.rh.rit.edu/photo/home/images/DSC02746.jpg[/img]

    For some reason, this just one of those images that I love. The road on the opposite side of this little pond is one of my favorite places to drive. Lots of curves, lots of ups and downs...
    [img]http://spoo.rh.rit.edu/photo/home/images/DSC06225.jpg[/img]

    This is my elementary school: Lloyd Harbor Elementary. It is really, really small compared to almost anything else in the area. I believe it can, at the very most, hold 350 or 400 students (at absolute peak capacity). It was a great place to be educated.
    [img]http://spoo.rh.rit.edu/photo/home/images/DSC06525.jpg[/img]

    Main Street. Rt. 25A. This street is the social center of my town. Take the third intersection and make a right, and you've got the best pizza place on the face of the planet. A little further down, an expensive movie theater. The fun thing about this streat is that on a friday night, you can just sit down and watch as Mercedes, Lexus, and BMW branded cars line the street.
    [img]http://spoo.rh.rit.edu/photo/home/images/DSC06531.jpg[/img]

    More to come...
  • DezerachDezerach Trainee
    alaric

    Where: Guernsey, near France but part of UK.

    CIA says: [url]http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/gk.html[/url]

    There is a site which has lots of pictures of the place:
    [url]http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/guernseyscenes/photo_gallery_index.htm[/url]

    Warning: for some reason the site owner thought that dreary midi music was a good idea.
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