A picture thread of far-off places

[Rum_Pirate]

I'll take a picture thread of far-off places over any two dozen threads on US political bickering, any day of the week.

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[ron ll]

[Rum_Pirate]

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Your turn . . .

[Rum_Pirate]

I'd rather not go there, no atmosphere.

[ron ll]

I'd rather not go there, no atmosphere.

Plenty of rocks on which to have a rum however.

[lupussonic]

Where's that? ^

[sharpiefan]

I'd rather not go there, no atmosphere.

Here's Jupiter -- it's all atmosphere.......

[Rum_Pirate]

Sandy Island Anguilla.

[lupussonic]

Any ticks around there MMD?

[leikec]

I guess it depends on how far is far.

Isle Royale



Jeff C

[The Bigfella]

25 Top Pagoda - at Chiang Dao Cave. Built 179AD



The fort across the road from my pub is an oldie too... originally built 1296AD

[BrianW]

Costa Rica

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[wizbang 13]

Sandy Island Anguilla.

I've sailed my dingy there from sandy ground!

[Jimmy W]

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[Flying Orca]

A nice spring day at lat. 75N (looks like late May or early June to me):

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[callsign222]

I'm moving in, MMD. I pay taxes, happily. Low impact kind of guy. Like to swim and ski and sail. No debt. Cool? Holy mainsheet.

[callsign222]

I find it remarkable that the water in the middle of the cove right off the village is 125 feet deep, and in the middle of the outer bay it is over 325 feet deep.

Ok, good tip, I ordered more rode.

[CWSmith]

That photograph is spectacular!

[birlinn]

Are those icebergs on the horizon?

[RFNK]

This spot is quite far:

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No icebergs.

Rick

[devout]

Ponta do' Ouro, Mozambique.

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There was a typical late-summer storm brewing, a little later on it rained so hard I thought I was going to drown. I was in a tent which didn't help.

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[birlinn]

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[Ensio]

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[Keith Wilson]

[Flying Orca]

Chile? Peru?

[Flying Orca]

A colleague of my wife's is from Skye, and showed us many pictures of 'home'. I would like to visit someday - it looks like the kind of countryside I like, as well as my comfort level of population density.

Skye is GORGEOUS. Many of my ancestors came from Skye and environs. I'll have to post some of my pictures of Skye when I get home.

[Keith Wilson]

Chile? Peru?

Upper Elqui valley, Chile, La Laguna reservoir (at about 11,000 feet, IIRC).

[PeterSibley]

The scene from my verandah in the recent rain.

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I have no idea how to correct the orientation with the forum software.

[Jimmy W]

Test

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I saved the photo to clipboard, pasted into IrfanView which is free, rotated it and saved it, then posted it again.

[AndyG]

Skye is GORGEOUS.

it's stunning. But tree-less.

Loads of trees on the blue orb ... and a bit barren on the grey 'un.



Andy

[Flying Orca]

I don't mind treeless; I spent many of my younger years hundreds of km north of the treeline.

[gypsie]

I find it remarkable that the water in the middle of the cove right off the village is 125 feet deep, and in the middle of the outer bay it is over 325 feet deep.

Hence no moorings, just jetty's.

Market at Auki on Malita, Solomons.
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Laulasi further along the Langa Langa (Long Long) lagoon.
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Boat building timber at Laulasi. That wood was like poured concrete.
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BIG boat building Lau Lasi. I think this boat, at that point, was 20 years in the building. It takes so long for people to save the money for the next fasteners and planks that often the keel rots or is eaten through before the boats are finished.
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Boats are being built every where along the lagoon, but few are ever launched.
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It should be a cheap place to have a boat built from high quality timber. But if you don't have a local connection they'll rip you off big time, and even then you'll probably get ripped off.

[John Meachen]

The Cote Sauvage,just west of the Quiberon peninsula.If you zoom in you will see some specks in the water,they are surfers not seals.

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[P.I. Stazzer-Newt]

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[birlinn]

Just needs a few planks!