NationStates Jolt Archive

We've has threads for posting photos of ourselves and even of our desktops, but I'm not sure I've seen one for posting pics of our towns/areas. There's people here from all over the world, and I'd be interested in seeing what those parts of the world look like.

Here are some pictures of landmarks in my hometown of Belfast to start:

The City Hall (http://www.guide-to-nireland.com/cityhall.jpeg)
Queen's University, Belfast (http://titus.phy.qub.ac.uk/group/Jorge/AMA203/title.jpg)
Albert Clock (http://www.ballynagarrick.net/places/belfast2.jpg)
The Odyssey Arena and Pavillion (http://www.paddi.net/images/abercorn.jpg) (Centre with bars/clubs/restaurants, plus a giant concert and sports venue)
Waterfront Hall (http://www.paddi.net/images/waterfront.jpg) (concert, conference and theatrical venue)
The Grand Opera House (http://www.irish-architecture.com/buildings_ireland/antrim/belfast/images/operahouse_lge.jpg)
The Europa Hotel (http://www.infc.ulst.ac.uk/informatics/events/soft-ware/europa.jpg) (the most bombed hotel in Europe for at least a time!)
Aerial view of the centre of Belfast (http://www.propertysnaps.co.uk/images/belfastcentreaerial.jpg)

OK, that's more than enough from this part of the world. I'd love to see where you all live.

Columbus, Ohio, USA

http://columbusretrometro.typepad.com/photos/downtown/dscn0992.JPG

Nothing interesting, just a typical medium sized midwestern city.

Torquay. Plenty of pictures in Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torquay

Images of Trenton, NJ

State Capitol Building's golden dome (http://www.justaroundtown.com/images/articles/trenton.JPG)

Front of State Capitol Building (http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/biewer/cap_NJ.jpg)

Image of downtown Trenton (http://trenton-downtown.com/images/downtown_skyline.jpg)

Aerial view of RT. 29 near the baseball stadium (http://www.gfnet.com/graphics/30561-01-01-30.jpg)

Trenton's war memorial building (http://www.danbbs.dk/~m-bohn/kraan/images/Nearfest2003/images/KraanSettingUp2_jpg.jpg)

Revolutionary war reenactors in Trenton (http://www.lrkimball.com/Human%20Resources/images/trenton_art.jpg)

Battle of Trenton reenactors (http://www.10crucialdays.org/pics_2001/pic10.jpg)

A beluga whale found swimming in the Delaware river near Trenton (http://static.flickr.com/5/9926026_4ee5d7b710_m.jpg)

George Washington monument (http://www.welcometoamerica.us/photos/nj-05-trentonmonument.gif)

"Trenton Makes" bridge (http://www.capitalcentury.com/trentonmakes.jpg)

I thought it would be funny to show pictures of the scummy side of my city, but I couldn't find any online. Foiled again.

So here's the best (worst) thing I could find. The Yarra river. The only river in the world to float upside down. (note the colour)

http://philrsss.anu.edu.au/~inoue/image/Yarra%20River.jpg

Here's a couple of Vancouver's general topography -beautiful, isn't it?

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a140/maayan009/2cd48272.gif
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a140/maayan009/612dc9b2.jpg

Wow those are beautiful pictures. I feel silly 'bout my town now. But I'll play along anyway...

This is down the street from me. (http://www.daytripping.com/hiway9/coveredbridgebig.jpg)
This road (http://www.daytripping.com/hiway9/fogbankbig.jpg)
I didn't actually know that this was here. (http://www.centralcoasttourist.com/Santa_Cruz_County/Santa_Cruz_Cities/Ben_Lomond/photos/pages/BenLomondCastle.jpg) Huh, gonna have to go looking for it.
Motorcyclists come here like it was their Mecca (http://canyonchasers.net/albums/california/9_k_hwy35.jpg) On weekends every hour or so a pack of hornets go by. Some great classic cars, too.
Stuff like this is everywhere here. (http://www.peninsulacameraclub.com/Winners/2005-01/PA%202%20Rork%20and%20Wave-Santa%20Cruz--Jenny%20%20Gu.JPG)
The Boardwalk (http://astro.nmsu.edu/~aklypin/World/SantaCruz/SANTA-CRUZ-23.JPG) Some know it as the set of The Lost Boys
That statue is of a street performer (http://astro.nmsu.edu/~aklypin/World/SantaCruz/SANTA-CRUZ-19.JPG) Which considering how they've been treating them lately, is sort of mocking.
The Bigfoot Discovery Museum (http://www.ocregister.com/newsimages/travel/2005/09/090405bigfoot.jpg) which is also down the street from me. According to that dude, this is prime bigfoot territory.
His name is Robert (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c6/Pacific_santacruz_ca.jpg).

Houston, Texas! (woo!)

The statue of Sam Houston. (http://www.unlc.biz/images/Sam-Houston.jpg)

A great view of downtown. (http://www.unlc.biz/images/downtown.jpg)

Minute Maid Park (where the 'Stros play) (http://www.unlc.biz/images/minutemaid.jpg)

The Port of Houston (where hookers play) (http://www.unlc.biz/images/port.jpg)

The River Oaks Theater (they still show The Rocky Horror Picture Show) (http://www.unlc.biz/images/riveroaks.JPG)

A girl named Barbara Houston. (http://www.unlc.biz/images/barbara.jpg)

Go H-Town!

These pics are fantastic, people. They all look like lovely places in their own different ways.

Oxford, UK

Aerial view of part of the city, including the Radcliffe Camera (the big round thing) and the University church (http://www.sgc.ox.ac.uk/Oxford%20Photos/Oxford_Aerial.jpg)

The main quad in my college (http://www.maa.org/england/5_27_Christ_Church_College_Oxford/images/image004.jpg)

Aerial view of my college (http://graphics.stanford.edu/~bjohanso/england/oxford/christ-church.jpg)

Where I eat (http://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/objects/graphics/great_hall.jpg)

Here are some pictures of landmarks in my hometown of Belfast to start:


Hooray Belfast!

I'm planning on retiring there, ya know.

Downtown and part of the river valley (http://www.stutter.ca/CAPS2005/Edmonton1.jpg)

West Edmonton Mall (http://www.kanada-alberta.de/pics/edmonton_5s.jpg)
Visitors to The Mall (they usually stay penned up) (http://www.u2me.ca/albums/edmonton/edmonton_67.jpg)

City Hall (http://explored.ca/images/Edmonton-alberta-downtown.jpg)

The Muttart Conservatory (http://templeton.vsb.bc.ca/students/courses/bused/INT11assignment/INT11works/it11dcanada/be75/muttart1.jpg)

The riverboat (http://www.graysage.com/cg/Views/EdQueen/dsc00029.jpg)

A postcard with an arial view (http://www.canadian.t-voigt.de/images/Canada/Edmonton.JPG)

Oxford, UK

Aerial view of part of the city, including the Radcliffe Camera (the big round thing) and the University church (http://www.sgc.ox.ac.uk/Oxford%20Photos/Oxford_Aerial.jpg)

The main quad in my college (http://www.maa.org/england/5_27_Christ_Church_College_Oxford/images/image004.jpg)

Aerial view of my college (http://graphics.stanford.edu/~bjohanso/england/oxford/christ-church.jpg)

Where I eat (http://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/objects/graphics/great_hall.jpg)
Your last name wouldn't be Potter, would it?

Hooray Belfast!

I'm planning on retiring there, ya know.Yay! *Keeps Keruvalia a pint of Guinness for his retirement*

As long as he doesn't mean the Belfasts in Tennessee, Pennsylvania, New York or Maine ;)

Wished I lived in Edmonton now - I'd love to rub noses with penguins when I went to the shops!

Wished I lived in Edmonton now - I'd love to rub noses with penguins when I went to the shops!
Bah, I didn't get to see them live. I had to go all the way to Port Philip Bay to see penguins.

Yay! *Keeps Keruvalia a pint of Guinness for his retirement*

As long as he doesn't mean the Belfasts in Tennessee, Pennsylvania, New York or Maine ;)


Hooray Guinness! :D

No no ... I mean Ireland. It's where my mother's family is from. Well, they're more from Omagh, but I'd rather be in a larger city.

My town is boring. So I'll put up some pics of Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada, which was my home for 3 years:

The Igloo Church (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v711/sinuhue/igloo20church20daytime1.jpg)

Flying Over (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v711/sinuhue/untitled.jpg)

The elementary school I taught at (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v711/sinuhue/sams.jpg)

The main drag (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v711/sinuhue/inuvik035a1.jpg)

Your last name wouldn't be Potter, would it?

Nah but they did film bits of it at college, they're milking it for the tourists now that the new movie's come out so the place is overrun with Americans and other such irritations :mad:

http://www.angelfire.com/ri/EuroDelivery/munich2.html

university of southampton (http://www.airport-parking-shop.co.uk/images/southampton.jpg) (not mine)

my actual uni (http://www.englishinwales.org.uk/pics/pic_cardiff_uni.jpg) (not my building but around the corner)

southampton walls (http://www.ecastles.co.uk/southampton.jpg) (mostly lost in the war)
and the old wool trade place (http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/logos/southampton_archaeology.JPG)

arial view (http://www.aeroclub-ailerons.com/galeries/archives/irlande/Southampton%20dernier%20Virage.jpg)

harbour (http://www.geocities.com/ramonatang/Southampton.jpg) (we're britain's second busiest port and have two high tides a day woot)

isaac watts (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a1/Southampton-IsaacWatts-Statue.jpg/150px-Southampton-IsaacWatts-Statue.jpg) (one of the founders of my old school)

my old school (http://www.kingedwards.org.uk/util/image.jsp?i=296&f=blob3&c=10) (founded in 1553, relocated after the war) (excuse the awful pic its the best i can find off the school website:headbang: )
(crest) (http://www.kingedwards.org.uk/upload/images/crest_180x151.gif)

west quay shopping centre (http://www.capitasymonds.co.uk/uploaded_files/images/61_205_Web_West2.jpg) (largest mall in the south of britain)


where i used to live (winchester) (http://www.gregoryferdinandsen.com/LGW2004/LGW2004_Images/Winchester%20Cathedral%20(Exterior,%20Side)%20(2).jpg) (not in that building sadly - that's the cathedral. i used to live in an old victorian school :))


lots of old shit round here - plenty of history. southampton has been one of (often the) busiest ports in britain since it was founded (as a port) by the romans (it was a settlement since bronze age sort of thing). winchester, where i used to live, about 20 miles down the road, was the ancient capital of the country (originally Wessex), and they still crowned monarchs there till a short while back i understand. plus, they have the legendary 'round table' hanging in the hall there :)
southampton was a major site of spitfire manafacture in ww2, and as such it got bombed to hell. over 50,000 civilian lives were lost apparently (why we have so many damn cenotaphs round the place) but the city's grown up again to over 300,000 people. its the largest city on the south coast of the uk (and totally pwns portsmouth!), and i think its actually the largest city south of london. woot! :)

sorry got kinda carried away there, heh

Here are some photos of stuff within 45 minutes of my front door...

http://www.worldfromtheweb.com/Parks/CedarBreaks/90596_22.jpg
http://data2.itc.nps.gov/parkphotos/Tower%20and%20Temples%2EJPG
http://images.myareaguide.com/aps/Parks/Zion/zion3.jpg
http://climb-utah.com/Zion/Files/Kolob02s.jpg
http://www.bard.org/News/Resources/adamstheatre01a.jpeg
http://www.suu.edu/general/images/cedar-city.jpg

More to come. I'm off to my last final right now!!:)

Hooray Guinness! :D

No no ... I mean Ireland. It's where my mother's family is from. Well, they're more from Omagh, but I'd rather be in a larger city.Good man :) Omagh's a nice town, but I agree - better to be in a larger town. A lot of Tyrone is pretty remote by NI's standards (ie. not really that remote at all, but you know what I mean).

I avoided putting these up in the beginning, but here's a few Belfast murals. What gives rise to them is total madness in my opinion, but they're an interesting part of our cultural history. The people that paint them are bigoted assholes for the most part, but credit where it's due; they're pretty decent artists.

This is a republican mural in Ardoyne, an 'interface' area in north Belfast (http://www.dannymorrison.ie/albums/CRAZYFENIAN/collusion_mural_ardoyne_2003.jpg) (refers to alleged RUC collusion with loyalist paramilitaries, I think)
Infamous Bobby Sands mural on the Falls Road (http://www.thetravelyear.com/photobig/ire701_belfast_mural_bobby_sands.jpg)
Loyalist mural on the Shankill Road (http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/images/photos/belfast/shankill/shankillmural2.jpg)
Speaks for itself (http://www.csus.edu/indiv/m/murphyl/images/close-up%20of%20loyalist%20sandy%20row%20mural,%20early%20july%202003.jpg) (I see this one quite frequently since Sandy Row is the easiest route to take to my boyfriend's house)

Hope I haven't put Keruvalia (or anyone else) off us now! These things are largely historical nowadays - most people are trying to put all that sectarian shit behind them. Still, they remain there and are thus more relevant images of Belfast.

I like this thread, bump.

http://cedarcity.com/images/redhill_photo.jpg

This is overlooking my neck of the woods in Cedar City. Most of what you're seeing is my school. The large green field in the forground is our football field with the rest of campus spreading out behind it. The large red-brick building center-right is where I work, and the small white building below the red brick on the lower left is where I live.

Mainstreet http://cedarcity.org/index/index_06.jpg

*snip*It's really beautiful. Some ideas for my future holidays are definitely emerging cos of this thread :p

Edit: I love the main street too, Branin. Looks like a cool mix of oldy-worldy-ness with the modern.

Library on campushttp://cedarcity.org/images/DevinDecater4_000.jpg
The Light Househttp://cedarcity.org/images/LighthouseatDusk_000.jpg
Yes, we are hundreds of miles inland and have a light house, and at night it is neon. It is the eyegrabber for a commercial/retail district in town.
Newest airport terminalhttp://www.cedarcity.org/images/Airport.JPG

It's really beautiful. Some ideas for my future holidays are definitely emerging cos of this thread :p

Edit: I love the main street too, Branin. Looks like a cool mix of oldy-worldy-ness with the modern.
Look up Cedar City on google. I'm still trying to find my favorite pic online....

http://ni_towns.tripod.com/belfast/sandyknowes_r2.jpg

This is the death-trap roundabout a few hundred yards north of my street.

And I can't believe I forgot St Anne's Cathedral in the first post:

http://ni_towns.tripod.com/belfast/st_annes_bel.jpg

Here's a wee view of the Laganside area of the city.

http://www.northernirelandbureau.com/laganside.jpg

campus again
http://www.li.suu.edu/images/eastview.jpg

home sweet home..well down town ....
http://www.ranch-steamboat.com/images/ph-02.jpg

Hope I haven't put Keruvalia (or anyone else) off us now! These things are largely historical nowadays - most people are trying to put all that sectarian shit behind them. Still, they remain there and are thus more relevant images of Belfast.

Nope ... not at all. Those are part of my blood's history as well.

I love, love, love the quote on the Bobby Sands mural.

"Our revenge will be the laughter of our children."

Brings a tear to my eye.

OOh what a great idea for a thread - I've got loads. Pity it's mostly farmers fields and such, but I work with what I've got.

Red Deer airport (http://img8.imageshack.us/my.php?image=x1pglip38xxbl1v5x2eksezajmwzbr.jpg)
Taxiing out at Red Deer (http://img8.imageshack.us/my.php?image=x1pglip38xxbl1v5x2eksezajmwzbr1.jpg)
Drumheller River valley (http://img400.imageshack.us/my.php?image=x1pglip38xxbl1v5x2eksezajmwzbr.jpg)
More canyon (http://img400.imageshack.us/my.php?image=x1pglip38xxbl1v5x2eksezajmwzbr1.jpg)
Still more canyon (http://img400.imageshack.us/my.php?image=x1pglip38xxbl1v5x2eksezajmwzbr2.jpg)
River valley (http://img400.imageshack.us/my.php?image=x1pglip38xxbl1v5x2eksezajmwzbr3.jpg)
Drumheller airport 1 (http://img400.imageshack.us/my.php?image=x1pglip38xxbl1v5x2eksezajmwzbr4.jpg)
http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/342/x1pglip38xxbl1v5x2eksezajmwzbr1.jpg
http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/6889/x1pglip38xxbl1v5x2eksezajmwzbr.jpg
See? lots!:p

http://www.mein-bochum.de/buegelverschluss.jpg

OOh what a great idea for a thread - I've got loads. Pity it's mostly farmers fields and such, but I work with what I've got.These were taken from a plane, yes? Excellent idea - I have some somewhere of pics of NI I took as we were circling when coming home on our last plane journey. Will upload a few and link them.

*snip*LOL! :D

These were taken from a plane, yes? Excellent idea - I have some somewhere of pics of NI I took as we were circling when coming home on our last plane journey. Will upload a few and link them.

LOL! :D
You the pilot, or someone else?

Ok, here are some pics of Dublin.


Here's Ha'penny Bridge:
http://www.travelireland.org/dublin/images/half_penny_bridge_dublin.jpg

The statue of Molly Malone outside Trinity College:
http://virtuaali.tkk.fi/yhdyskuntasuunnittelu/ytk-eri/oheismateria/irkut_m/images/Molly%20Malone.jpg

Temple Bar :
http://www.joozies.net/album5/images/Temple%20Bar_JPG.jpg

And a few things right on my doorstep:

Howth
http://www.zombiezodiac.com/rob/ped/dublinb/19%20Howth%20Cliffs.jpg

and Glendalough
http://www.atpm.com/10.11/ireland/images/glendalough-abbey-420.jpg

I should have mentioned the surfing. (http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/staff/gmackie/astsurf/mavericks.jpg)

You the pilot, or someone else?Sadly someone else :( Were you? That's cool, I'd love flying lessons.

Overlooking Belfast Lough (http://photobucket.com/albums/v667/Kazcaper/?action=view&current=Toronto2005317.jpg)
Same again, different angle (http://photobucket.com/albums/v667/Kazcaper/?action=view&current=Toronto2005320.jpg)
Greater Belfast from the air (http://photobucket.com/albums/v667/Kazcaper/?action=view&current=Toronto2005321.jpg)
Belfast International Airport, AKA Aldergrove (http://photobucket.com/albums/v667/Kazcaper/?action=view&current=Toronto2005323.jpg) (tres exciting)

*snip*I love Dublin. Hopefully will be down for a day just after Christmas, but if not, I've got a friend moving down there in January, so will use her as an excuse to visit :) We often go down for gigs...a lot more bands come to Belfast than was formerly the case (partly down to more peaceful times, partly due to the Odyssey facilitatin big names), but we've not had Metallica or Bon Jovi yet :(

Sadly someone else :( Were you? That's cool, I'd love flying lessons.

I love Dublin. Hopefully will be down for a day just after Christmas, but if not, I've got a friend moving down there in January, so will use her as an excuse to visit :) We often go down for gigs...a lot more bands come to Belfast than was formerly the case (partly down to more peaceful times, partly due to the Odyssey facilitatin big names), but we've not had Metallica or Bon Jovi yet :(

Wow, those are beautiful. I really want to go to Ireland.

If you're thinking of getting flying lessons, be aware they're incredibly (at least for my age) expensive. I've spent almost $13,000 CAD on flying so far, and I've heard it's even more expensive in Ireland. Good luck if you do, though - it's totally worth it.

And YEAH METALLICA!!! :) :)
I missed them when they came to Edmonton and Calgary, but I WILL see them next time!!

Okay, here's a few pics of Manchester, and some of near where i live...

Pretty pic of what used to be a sh*thole...

http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/ewm/ic11/08.jpg

The Triangle (well its taken facing away from the Triangle), anywho, when England are playing footie or cricket, this is the best place to watch it!!!

http://www.arrakeen.ch/europe/205%20%20Manchester.JPG

My village centre...

http://www.cheshire-woodlands.co.uk/safety/POYNTON-CHURCH-1.jpg

Bet you can't spot my house from here :D

http://mk29.image.pbase.com/u41/u03mlr/upload/33208258.IMG_2371a.jpg

See? lots!:p
LOL! :)

The University of Ulster at Jordanstown (about 5 miles north of the centre of Belfast), where I did my first degree (I'm at Queen's now, see the first post. It's a much nicer building than this '60s monstrosity).

http://www.belfastconventionbureau.com/pictures/jordanstown.jpg

And YEAH METALLICA!!! :) :)
I missed them when they came to Edmonton and Calgary, but I WILL see them next time!!

I saw em at Leeds festival a few years ago. Really excellent live, no matter what you may think of them.

Wow, those are beautiful. I really want to go to Ireland. A warm welcome will be made when you do :) Be sure to see the below places!

Giant's Causeway:
http://www.northern-ireland-eyes.co.uk/images/Giant's%20Causeway.jpg

Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge on the north Antrim coast (just a link - pic is very big)
http://www.chez-nousbb.co.uk/Images/localGallery/Carrick%20a%20rede.jpg

The Silent Valley in the Mourne Mountains (Co Down)
http://www.vincentpeters.nl/triskelle/images/img_silentvalley.jpg

If you're thinking of getting flying lessons, be aware they're incredibly (at least for my age) expensive. I've spent almost $13,000 CAD on flying so far, and I've heard it's even more expensive in Ireland. Good luck if you do, though - it's totally worth it. Thanks :) The cost is what's stopped me thus far, but maybe in a few years if I've got a decent job.

And YEAH METALLICA!!! :) :)
I missed them when they came to Edmonton and Calgary, but I WILL see them next time!!I've been lucky enough to have seen them twice in Dublin so far...just wish they'd come here, damn them!

To be fair, the pictures I showed were all summer, so here are some pictures of my home in wintertime.

Your typical Alberta residential block in winter (http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~ading/Edmonton/House&snow.JPG)

And the streets (http://www.gianuzz.com/edm%2015apr%20snow%20trees.jpg)

And the streets in blizard (http://www.ourenchantedkingdom.com/Lots%20of%20Snow%20in%20Edmonton%20-%20Alberta.JPG)

But sidewalks and trails are well gravelled (http://philandmarg.com/edmonton/dsc00040_2322.jpg)

How not to get snow off your roof (http://www.rehabmed.ualberta.ca/karimfouad/images/snowblower.jpg)

To be fair, the pictures I showed were all summer, so here are some pictures of my home in wintertime.It's like something out of a Christmas card! Very picturesque, but I'm sure snow like that makes getting about a bit difficult.

Reno Arch (http://rds.yahoo.com/S=96062883/K=reno+lake+tahoe/v=2/SID=w/l=IVS/SIG=11k342kkd/EXP=1134765339/*-http%3A//www.iatse363.com/reno.jpg)
Tahoe Sky (http://rds.yahoo.com/S=96062883/K=reno+lake+tahoe/v=2/SID=w/l=IVS/SIG=12k2u8u3j/EXP=1134765965/*-http%3A//www.renotahoevisitor.com/images/content/explore_tahoe.jpg)
Reno View (http://rds.yahoo.com/S=96062883/K=reno+lake+tahoe/v=2/SID=w/l=IVS/SIG=12h6kq0e5/EXP=1134766020/*-http%3A//www.herpesvirusworkshop.com/2004reno/reno_at_night.jpg)
Balloon Races (http://rds.yahoo.com/S=96062883/K=reno+lake+tahoe/v=2/SID=w/l=IVS/SIG=11unbtii0/EXP=1134766298/*-http%3A//www.iatse363.com/balloonraces04.jpg)
Snow! (http://rds.yahoo.com/S=96062883/K=reno+snow+pics/v=2/SID=w/l=IVS/SIG=12c5dm83i/EXP=1134766894/*-http%3A//www.dellara.myby.co.uk/images/Tahoe2002/view2.jpg)

It's like something out of a Christmas card! Very picturesque, but I'm sure snow like that makes getting about a bit difficult.
Doesn't stop anyone from getting about, though. ;)

http://img425.imageshack.us/img425/2770/backyard4ei.jpg

My beloved North Carolina!

http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/180/ncblueridgeparkway5tv.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/7263/ncblueridgeparkway29gb.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/1781/nccapehattaras5pa.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/9354/ncdurham9mr.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/2171/ncdurham20df.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/9841/ncnewbern9zo.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/8320/ncouterbanks0qz.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/3600/ncouterbanks36lm.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/186/ndblueridge0ug.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

This is my home town. Not brilliant but OK.

http://www.harvick.co.uk/Unsworth%20Walkabout/pages/Pic00010%20-%20Unsworth%20Pole%20Shops.htm

I've just noticed how long that web address is!!! sorry. This is a piccy of the metrolink tram!

http://www.aidan.co.uk/md/McrManPiccMetroStnTram1Y01.jpg

And Manchester,

www.aidan.co.uk/photos.php?&startrow=241&newendrow=245&id=1&subcat1=&totalrows=528

A classic picture from my town: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Norberg%2C_Norbergs%C3%A5n.jpg

A pic of a museum (I think) http://www.torbergerteknik.se/images/norberg/2.htm

Some pics from inside town:
http://www.torbergerteknik.se/images/norberg/_klosterbacken.jpg
http://www.torbergerteknik.se/images/norberg/_torget.jpg
http://www.torbergerteknik.se/images/norberg/_mimerlaven.jpg

A pic almost showing my very home (I live around a bend a bit further up the street on the right):
http://www.torbergerteknik.se/images/norberg/bruksbo.gif

Some field or other:
http://www.torbergerteknik.se/images/norberg/holmsjon_1.jpg

The forest at winter:
http://www.torbergerteknik.se/images/norberg/skog.jpg

One of the many lakes:
http://www.torbergerteknik.se/images/norberg/_stensjon.jpg

The bank:
http://www.torbergerteknik.se/images/norberg/banken.jpg

The inside of the large grey building you might have seen in some of the pics during a festival:
http://images.google.se/images?q=tbn:DyD6R-gh7KEJ:jokke.dk/media/norberg.jpg

Ok, here are some pics of Dublin.
I could've sworn that first one was from Amsterdam...

Reno Arch (http://rds.yahoo.com/S=96062883/K=reno+lake+tahoe/v=2/SID=w/l=IVS/SIG=11k342kkd/EXP=1134765339/*-http%3A//www.iatse363.com/reno.jpg)
Tahoe Sky (http://rds.yahoo.com/S=96062883/K=reno+lake+tahoe/v=2/SID=w/l=IVS/SIG=12k2u8u3j/EXP=1134765965/*-http%3A//www.renotahoevisitor.com/images/content/explore_tahoe.jpg)
Reno View (http://rds.yahoo.com/S=96062883/K=reno+lake+tahoe/v=2/SID=w/l=IVS/SIG=12h6kq0e5/EXP=1134766020/*-http%3A//www.herpesvirusworkshop.com/2004reno/reno_at_night.jpg)
Balloon Races (http://rds.yahoo.com/S=96062883/K=reno+lake+tahoe/v=2/SID=w/l=IVS/SIG=11unbtii0/EXP=1134766298/*-http%3A//www.iatse363.com/balloonraces04.jpg)
Snow! (http://rds.yahoo.com/S=96062883/K=reno+snow+pics/v=2/SID=w/l=IVS/SIG=12c5dm83i/EXP=1134766894/*-http%3A//www.dellara.myby.co.uk/images/Tahoe2002/view2.jpg)So jealous of you! Brings back memories of last year in Vegas (well, I suppose it would given its comparitive closeness).

I'm kind of jealous of most of you - so many beautiful places. But I love where I'm at as well :)

A little known cool statue in D.C (http://www.sewardjohnson.com/collection/paintings/sub-sub-C/sub-sub-sub-details/sub_sub_sub_detail_01.html).

A railroad station in my home town (http://home.frognet.net/~mcfadden/wd8rif/img/gaithersburg_depot1.jpg)

A nearby lake in Rack Creek Park (http://image03.webshots.com/3/1/45/52/22614552ISyfzKvANd_ph.jpg)

As for the city I live near, (D.C.) mostly everyone knows whats there.

Madison, WI

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d1/66C1-Dec-019.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/24/56883345_56b16773ff.jpg?v=0

Okay, here's a few pics of Manchester, and some of near where i live...

Pretty pic of what used to be a sh*thole...

http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/ewm/ic11/08.jpg

wow it almost makes the place look nice! :D ;)

wow it almost makes the place look nice! :D ;)

Your visit in the summer didn't impress you then it take it? :p

EDIT: btw, who is the lady you posted pics of in the porn actors thread?

A pic almost showing my very home (I live around a bend a bit further up the street on the right)
Teehee! I like the blinking lights.

Panoramas rock.

My beloved North Carolina!
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y'know, you'd like Canada if you like those pictures.

Well, overall Cologne is pretty ugly, a lot of its pre-war beauty lost. 1945 90% of it looked like this:
http://www.anicursor.com/PL-42542lrg.jpeg

But it still has some charming spots.

Nice hotel 60 meters from here.
http://www.bookings.net/images/hotel/max300/132/132107.jpg

Old city from across the rhine.
http://www.anicursor.com/koeln787B.jpg

Medieval remains.
http://www.anicursor.com/city15.jpg

Part of the old town.
http://www.anicursor.com/city9.jpg

Pretty huge church. ;) Largest gothic cathedral in northern Europe.
http://www.unesco-welterbe.de/de/index.html?staedte/bildseiten/koeln.html~haupt

Pretty huge church. ;)
:eek: Eek! That's an understatement.

Just for the fun of it, I thought I'd post some pics of the town where I grew up (I'm originally from Germany, for those of you who didn't yet detect my accent :D )

Here's Bamberg:

http://www.unesco-welterbe.de/en/pics/staedte/bilder_760/bamberg.jpg

I lived more or less exactly where that photo was taken for about 2 years. And a good friend of mine lived in the house on the very left...
http://p.vtourist.com/461995-Bamberg-Germany.jpg

http://image16.webshots.com/16/3/44/0/183234400VEHdvq_ph.jpg

http://www.galenfrysinger.com/europe/bamberg08.jpg

So jealous of you! Brings back memories of last year in Vegas (well, I suppose it would given its comparitive closeness).

I'm kind of jealous of most of you - so many beautiful places. But I love where I'm at as well :)


It can be very beautiful here. The only thing is a person can't be too in to gambling and live here unless they have money to blow. I've never been to Las Vegas. :(

These pictures of where everyone lives are truly beautiful! So much wonderful scenery.

Great thread idea...


I see someone already posted some images of where I leave, and apparently them too, but anyways heres a few more.

#1 (http://www.discoverholidays.ca/images/tour/vancouver-view_from_grouse1.jpg)

#2 (http://www.armybarmy.com/images/614%20pics/Vancouver%20skyline%20from%20White%20Rock.JPG)

#3 (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/thumb/c/c8/Vancouver.png/300px-Vancouver.png)

#4 (http://barclay1720.tripod.com/abroad/images/gastown.jpg)

Since I posted pics of both of my universities, what the hell - I may as well complete the lot with a pic of my grammar school. Annoyingly, I can't find one of my primary school.

Ballyclare High School (from the air):
http://www.harveygroup.co.uk/images/portfolio/ballyclare_high_school.jpg

Ballyclare is a pretty non-descript town about 15 miles north-west of Belfast. The town is nothing special, but the school had a good reputation (I'm still undecided as to whether or not I agree with that assertion).

Lovely pics, CW. Whereabouts in Germany is this? How long have you lived here?

And Jester III, if Cologne is ugly, whoever took those is/are a great photographer(s)! The cathedral is especially impressive.

St. Mary's County, Maryland:

Elm's Beach (http://chl.erdc.usace.army.mil/Images%5C7%5C3%5C8%5C07-ElmsBeach_25Nov02_150x177.jpg)
-If you've been in the Elementary Schools of St. Mary's County, you know this place. (I'm getting sick of going on a field trip there! I've been there a million times! Thank god my middle school won't have us go there.)

Old Farm (http://www.genealogysource.com/st_marys_0031a.jpg)
-Heh, for a sec, I thought this was the barn that is near the houses I live near.

http://img452.imageshack.us/img452/9773/cayfcpwv4ed.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
-OMFG! I went to this Elementary School!

Anyhoo, that's all folks.

Lovely pics, CW. Whereabouts in Germany is this?



About here:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/thumb/d/d7/Karte_bamberg_in_deutschland.png/140px-Karte_bamberg_in_deutschland.png

http://www.mein-bochum.de/buegelverschluss.jpg

http://www.mondobirra.org/sfondi/Brinkhoffs.jpg

ex-neighbor, heh.

Cincinnati, OH

http://www.pbase.com/montecarloss/image/43569421

From the recent invasion of the Yakima Gulag American Siberia Soviet of Washington Novosibirsk Oblast

http://www.flickr.com/photos/61129856@N00/62329145/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/61129856@N00/62325729/in/photostream/

not really this was our Vetrans Day parade, I took pictures of the tanks

aerial view of my old farm:

http://img312.imageshack.us/img312/88/roundrobin27sd.jpg

view from my grandmas farm:

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/4555/whitehorsehill338975ej.jpg

Yay! Nostalgia now I'm back home for christmas!

Lets start with a classic:The Tyne Bridges (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y67/Anabasis/Tyne_Bridge_-_Newcastle_Upon_Tyne_-.jpg)

This guy stands in the middle of town: Greys Monument (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y67/Anabasis/200px-Greys_Momument_and_Momument_s.jpg)

About 40 minutes out of town is this wonderful crag (usually cloudier, I'll admit):
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y67/Anabasis/simonside_top.jpg

And some of Uni:
Halls
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/images/oxley.gif Some people actually get to live in that, most are in these flats in the grounds.

Teh Departementalist:
http://earth.leeds.ac.uk/images/dept1.jpgArrgh - 60's architecture!

http://www.hlj.me.uk/house.JPG

my house, about 2 years ago. excuse the skip in the drive, heh
my room is in the loft. edit: i'm there right now in fact *waves*
tis quite nice :)


my student house was teh suckz0r tho... don't think i got any pics cos its too damn depressing :(

Small picture of my neighborhood.. best I could find..

http://www.releasedministries.org/news/testimony_images/chino.JPG

Kind of a green desert kinda deal..

To be honest, get pictures of Albertsons, Wal-Mart, Sams Club, In N Out, and a whole bunch of sururban houses and you've got my city. We're only known for our...suburban population growth...which means more Wal-Marts...and more houses...:eek:

But it's fine for me.

Great thread idea...


I see someone already posted some images of where I leave, and apparently them too, but anyways heres a few more.

#1 (http://www.discoverholidays.ca/images/tour/vancouver-view_from_grouse1.jpg)

#2 (http://www.armybarmy.com/images/614%20pics/Vancouver%20skyline%20from%20White%20Rock.JPG)

#3 (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/thumb/c/c8/Vancouver.png/300px-Vancouver.png)

#4 (http://barclay1720.tripod.com/abroad/images/gastown.jpg)I love picture #2! I just saved it for my screensaver. Where is it? Vancouver?

y'know, you'd like Canada if you like those pictures.
I know. I've visited Canada several times and always enjoyed it. :)

St. Mary's County, Maryland:
Hey! I use to live in Mechanicsville! I was, for a mercifully brief time, a St. Mary's County Deputy Sheriff! :D

Maynooth south campus (http://images.dublintourist.com/hw/5970_1.jpg)

Aerial shot of south campus (http://www.nuim.ie/maps/photos/aerial_south02.jpg)

Aerial shot of north campus (http://www.nuim.ie/maps/photos/north_main-03.jpg)

The Castle (http://www.eastcoastmidlands.ie/upload/images/Maynooth%20Castle%201.JPG)

My hometown, which I have a well tread traditional hatred of having grown up there, has some cool shit in it that I will deny with frevor.

The Dam (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/wonder/structure/images/folsom1_dam_1.jpg) Two dams ahead of it broke and it held. It also flooded a Mormon settlement. There is a road that relieves traffic across the river that when closes causes problems. Which makes the signs that say "Dam Road Closed" apt.

You're not a man until you've jumped off this. (http://www.hoffmanrealtygroup.com/images/home_bridge.jpg) I'm not a man. I did climb the arch underneath. The foot bridge behind it was recently put back. I actually haven't seen it, this picture was how I found out it was there now. That picture is taken at a place called Negro Bar. Across from China Beach (yeah...) and down the river from Mormon Island. It was a mining town with a lot of camps and not a lot of imagination.

Sutter Street. (http://www.sierrafoothillmagazine.com/Images/folsom.jpg) The first time I 'made out' with someone was behind one of these historic buildings surrounded by a bunch of cats. I don't know what was up with the cats.

Yes, we've heard the song. (http://www.efn.org/~hkrieger/j_folsom.jpg) You are not the first one to ask if we're on furlough. This was across the river from me. I would go down to the river and walk toward the dam where you could see the prison. The guards don't think it's funny to pass the big cable and sign saying 'Don't Cross.'

My school bus went by this (http://www.csus.edu/ums/images/CDC-Folsom-Gate_lg.jpg). There is a small neighborhood inside the prison grounds for the employees and the bus went there. Going out a guard would get on and walk the bus to make sure prisoners didn't sneak on. They also didn't find it funny if you ducked under the seats. They're a humorless bunch, those guards...

We have a historical hydro-electric power plant (http://www.energy.ca.gov/photos/150th/folsom.jpg). No one ever mentions that when I tell them where I came from...bastards...

This photo had to be taken pretty close to my house. (http://smaplab.ri.uah.edu/dmsms01/natoma.JPG) That's what we saw from our back yard, though a litte farther up.

How many small towns have a tiger? (http://www.folsomzoofriends.org/images/misty.jpg) When I grew there the zoo also had a lion. It was bad ass to hear a lion roar at 6am, you could hear him no matter where you were in town, you could hear him. It's a zoo for sick animals. It also housed the actual Smokey the Bear. Though apparently that's contested.

Big freakin' lake (http://www.orneveien.org/nikon5700/folsom-lake-raining-small.jpg). Used to be able to camp on the islands. Stupid paranoia.

This is close to where I lived as well (http://www.cliffhouseoffolsom.com/images/bridge_view.jpg). I liked this picture. I was looking for a picture of this strange ass scrap house and came across this.

I can't find the house. It appeared in a comic book once. Anyway, that's my home town for all the zero people who care.

http://www.yellowheadit.com/content/2001/june%2019/Prince%20Rupert%20welcome.jpg
Welcome sign at Yellowhead Highway 16

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/74/Prince_Rupert_from_Mount_Morse_Nov_6th_2005-DSC_0725-700w.jpg
Panorama of the city on Kaien Island

http://www.yellowheadit.com/content/2001/june%2022/city%20hall%20prince%20rupert.jpg
City Hall

http://www.yellowheadit.com/content/2001/june%2018/Shoe%20tree.jpg
Shoe tree!!!

http://www.yellowheadit.com/content/2001/june%2019/BC%20Tourism%20Office%20Prince%20Rupert.jpg
http://www.yellowheadit.com/content/2001/june%2019/BC%20Tourism%20Signs%20Prince%20Rupert.jpg
Museum of Northern British Columbia (interesting First Nations artifacts inside)

http://www.yellowheadit.com/content/2001/june%2019/Crest%20Hotel.jpg
Crest Hotel (not to mention there's TV/internet equipped men's washrooms :D )

http://images.britishcolumbia.com/images/cities/1354.1.jpg
Court House

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/161/050624heli89hc.jpg
Downtown, Cow Bay, Mariner's Park, new cruise ship dock

For more information, please visit www.rupert.bc.ca

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I love picture #2! I just saved it for my screensaver. Where is it? Vancouver?
Yep, that's my lovely city.

Always nice to see another Vancouverite on the boards, Buben.

Yay! Chinese Republics you also live in BC? I've never been tp prince rupert...but it sure looks nice. I guess the most similar place I've trekked to was Bella-Coola.

To be honest, get pictures of Albertsons, Wal-Mart, Sams Club, In N Out, and a whole bunch of sururban houses and you've got my city. We're only known for our...suburban population growth...which means more Wal-Marts...and more houses...:eek:

But it's fine for me.

Any city in California, maybe..

You'd have to substitute Jewel or Piggly-Wiggly or something to really capture the essence of the interior of the country.. maybe a Waffle House or two.. :p

Yay! Chinese Republics you also live in BC? I've never been tp prince rupert...but it sure looks nice. I guess the most similar place I've trekked to was Bella-Coola.I love my town


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http://www.aapa-ports.org/images/advisory/Fairview.jpg

future container port...

Yes, we've heard the song. (http://www.efn.org/~hkrieger/j_folsom.jpg) You are not the first one to ask if we're on furlough. This was across the river from me. I would go down to the river and walk toward the dam where you could see the prison. The guards don't think it's funny to pass the big cable and sign saying 'Don't Cross.

Hey, that makes two of us from prison neighborhoods.. kinda helps that there's 30+ prisons in California.. I have 6 prisons within a ten-mile radius of my house.. (that I know of). :p

Edit: Aha! Found a great picture of my area, courtesy of the Army Corps of Engineers.. :)

http://chl.erdc.usace.army.mil/Images%5C6%5C6%5C2%5Cprado-real.jpg

Well, here's what's happening in Hong Kong nightly, due to it being Xmas and all:
http://k41.pbase.com/u39/accl/upload/25736706.20040131Carnival207_0750_RJ.jpg

Another view of the skyline:
http://k43.pbase.com/u42/accl/upload/25937592.211_1160_RJx.jpg

What the hell, here's a view of HK and Kowloon from the peak:
http://mk31.image.pbase.com/u37/accl/upload/18701329.18701329.qqqIMG_2368.jpe

This is where I used to live (MongKok - officially the most crowded place on Earth, with 55 000 people p/sq km):
http://k43.pbase.com/u10/accl/upload/41325202.CRW_7462_RJ.jpg
(And this isn't even a busy night!)

I now live with this view:
http://images.kodakgallery.com/servlet/Images/photos1465/6/12/75/81/30/0/30817512608_0_BG.jpg?a=2
(I now live in a fishing village on an island a 30 minute ferry ride from Hong Kong)

Any city in California, maybe..

You'd have to substitute Jewel or Piggly-Wiggly or something to really capture the essence of the interior of the country.. maybe a Waffle House or two.. :p
You guys need to really get out of SoCal, come up to the deep end.

Here's some pics from my neck of the woods. We had a little storm just over a month ago, and that's when these pics were taken.

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b1/thenazz/Wilma/wilma.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b1/thenazz/Wilma/lastflight.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b1/thenazz/Wilma/infiniti.jpg
Not my car, thank goodness.

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b1/thenazz/Wilma/bentpalm.jpg

You guys need to really get out of SoCal, come up to the deep end.

Ah, but what do you with all those hours in the day? I'd probably go stir crazy.. too much spare time makes the mind wander.. I get my 8 hours sleep, 8 hours at work and 8 hours in traffic, just as God intended. :p

Ah, but what do you with all those hours in the day? I'd probably go stir crazy.. too much spare time makes the mind wander.. I get my 8 hours sleep, 8 hours at work and 8 hours in traffic, just as God intended. :p
Funny how much soCal and south Florida have in common. :D

No Northern California mountian town is complete without its nostalgia tourist train. (http://www.holeworld.com/boeger/ibff2/train_conductor.jpg)

To agree with the traffic thing, apparently getting backed up on Hwy 17 has been a problem for a while. (http://www.reverbcentral.com/columns/what/highway_17_forties.jpg) But when you're on a highway carving through redwoods, who cares?

Here are some pictures of Downtown Lethbridge and the University I attend. These were taken by some University Student I don't know that were posted on the Internet. Lethbridge has about 80,000 people in it. It's a great city.

http://people.uleth.ca/~mohammad.oskuie/pics/index.php

I want to do pictures of my college, though compared to the buildings that the europeans have been showing...just seems silly...but that's never stopped me before...

This is the upper quarry (http://www.es.ucsc.edu/~es10/fieldtripUCSC/images/Quarry/qfred.jpg).

Some yay-hoo (http://www.astroday.net/Images/Gary_UCSC.jpg) on campus. It might seem like these are places near campus, or surrounding campus, but they're not. This is what you walk through to get various parts of campus. That guy I believe is facing the Kerr bridge, or is in the canyon by Porter. Like this bridge (http://quantum.soe.ucsc.edu/members_clip_image002_0004.jpg) which leads from the library to the bookstore. Or this one (http://www.hep.uiuc.edu/LC/html_files/ucsc/ucsc_pictures/ucsc_woods_2.JPG) that connects Porter to the north end of campus, just below Kresge East. There are folks on the east side of campus (this is confusing, Kresge East is east of Kresge but is on the west side of campus) that would probably like to blow that bridge up...

This picture (http://www.ucsc.edu/images/splash/home/wireless.jpg) bothers me the most, and it's everywhere. First, who takes their laptop out to the woods to work on? Yes, there is more woods than anything else on that campus, but damn. Second, there is virtually no cell phone reception on the UCSC campus. Who is she calling, and how? This picture just mocks the students.

The deer are everywhere and aren't afraid of you (http://www.hep.uiuc.edu/LC/html_files/ucsc/ucsc_pictures/ucsc_fauna2.JPG). More along the lines of mildly annoyed.

The buildings aren't really that cool looking, especially considering the company they would be in...

Pictures of universities/colleges, eh?

Mmmh, deliciously Stalinist (http://www.meteo.physik.uni-muenchen.de/~robert/Pictures/1999/May/photo1.jpg)

I want to do pictures of my college, though compared to the buildings that the europeans have been showing...just seems silly...but that's never stopped me before...


Bah, Europeans can keep their musty old 'historic' buildings.. we've got some that are worth mentioning, even if they weren't around in Mozart's day, or whatever...

Here's a picture of my school, facing the CLA building from Parking Lot F, as seen in the movie Gattaca... :p

http://outnow.ch/Media/Img/1997/Gattaca/dvd.film/02.jpg?w=720&h=430

"The Future is Now!"

Bah, Europeans can keep their musty old 'historic' buildings.. we've got some that are worth mentioning, even if they weren't around in Mozart's day, or whatever...

Here's a picture of my school, facing the CLA building from Parking Lot F, as seen in the movie Gattaca... :p

http://outnow.ch/Media/Img/1997/Gattaca/dvd.film/02.jpg?w=720&h=430

"The Future is Now!"
That's pretty cool. The only film that I know of being made here was The Lost Boys (http://www.ukmelia.com/albums/lostboys/david1.jpg). I tried to find a better frame from that movie that would show the Boardwalk rather than just the Carousel but I got bored looking. That bridge they hang from in the movie is the foot bridge across the San Lorenzo river (stream would be more accurate) to the Boardwalk and isn't that high up. You don't need to be vampire to survive the drop. I know, I know, totally ruins your faith in the film...;)

That's pretty cool. The only film that I know of being made here was The Lost Boys (http://www.ukmelia.com/albums/lostboys/david1.jpg). I tried to find a better frame from that movie that would show the Boardwalk rather than just the Carousel but I got bored looking. That bridge they hang from in the movie is the foot bridge across the San Lorenzo river (stream would be more accurate) to the Boardwalk and isn't that high up. You don't need to be vampire to survive the drop. I know, I know, totally ruins your faith in the film...;)

Yeah, you start to notice that Hollywood special effects are pretty ingenious once they distort something you're familiar with.. just in that picture I posted before, they made the buildings look about 15% bigger than they are by using a car that must be three feet high, and while the knoll on the right-hand side really is a knoll, the patch of what looks like grass on the left is really the faculty parking lot.. :p Digital manipulation is pretty nifty.

Edit: I should mention, there's actually a scene in that movie where Jude Law's character rolls his wheelchair right past the front door to the room where film classes are held, where I had TH201.. that was kinda weird..

Yeah, you start to notice that Hollywood special effects are pretty ingenious once they distort something you're familiar with.. just in that picture I posted before, they made the buildings look about 15% bigger than they are by using a car that must be three feet high, and while the knoll on the right-hand side really is a knoll, the patch of what looks like grass on the left is really the faculty parking lot.. :p Digital manipulation is pretty nifty.

Edit: I should mention, there's actually a scene in that movie where Jude Law's character rolls his wheelchair right past the front door to the room where film classes are held, where I had TH201.. that was kinda weird..
My first day on a film set we did a stunt where a Model A slams into a Nash Sedan. To do it they disconnected shocks on the Nash so it sat on springs and attatching a cable to the axle of the Model A. When the Model A reached the end of the cable it would jerk forward and the stunt co-ordinator on the other side of the Nash lifted up and pushed down on the Nash making it look like it was hit, even though the cars where four to five feet apart. The first two times I was side on and it looked ridiculous. The next time I was behind the camera (not operating it, just standing behind where it was) and it looked like a real accident. I was doing picture cars (as a PA) for that film but since it was my first day all I got to do was nudge the guy in the Maxwell to drive by as a background car in another scene. Ah, so glamorous...

I missed the day that they took the Stutz out to whip it around a parking lot to test out for the other stunt.

My first day on a film set we did a stunt where a Model A slams into a Nash Sedan. To do it they disconnected shocks on the Nash so it sat on springs and attatching a cable to the axle of the Model A. When the Model A reached the end of the cable it would jerk forward and the stunt co-ordinator on the other side of the Nash pushed lifted up and pushed down on the Nash making it look like it was hit, even though the cars where four to five feet apart. The first two times I was side on and it looked ridiculous. The next time I was behind the camera (not operating it, just standing behind where it was) and it looked like a real accident. I was doing picture cars (as a PA) for that film but since it was my first day all I got to do was nudge the guy in the Maxwell to drive by as a background car in another scene. Ah, so glamorous...

I missed the day that they took the Stutz out to whip it around a parking lot to test out for the other stunt.

That's neat.. I don't think I've ever seen a movie being filmed, at least that I can remember just now.. I had a job as a studio technician for a year, filming classes for distance learning, a small 5-camera setup, no big thing.. my dad's big claim to fame was being there at Marina City in Chicago (the round twin towers) when they drove that muscle car off it into the river for the Steve McQueen movie.. but that was before I was born.. :p I don't seem to run into interesting situations like that..

That's neat.. I don't think I've ever seen a movie being filmed, at least that I can remember just now.. I had a job as a studio technician for a year, filming classes for distance learning, a small 5-camera setup, no big thing.. my dad's big claim to fame was being there at Marina City in Chicago (the round twin towers) when they drove that muscle car off it into the river for the Steve McQueen movie.. but that was before I was born.. :p I don't seem to run into interesting situations like that..
Any connection to Steve McQueen, no matter how tenious, is cool as hell.

In order to not make this a total hijack, this is the bridge where the Stutz did the stunt, in Alameda-
http://www.ci.alameda.ca.us/home/images/wideview_highstreet_sunset.jpg
We had to scramble off the bridge so a barge could go by and then scramble back on to finish shooting.

http://www.yellowheadit.com/content/2001/june%2018/Shoe%20tree.jpg
Shoe tree!!!
*raises eyebrow*

eh? :confused:
i like it but wtf?


edit: where i'd like to live:

http://www.uni-leipzig.de/~holland/aktivitaeten/excursie/pic/UtrGracht.jpg

http://www.kampioen.nl/published/kmp/content/binairebestanden/utrecht_klein-4163_104656.jpg

or

http://www.sbe.hw.ac.uk/staff/arthur/frbpc/Aug04/usa/images/San%20Francisco%20Bay%20Bridge_jpg.jpg

http://students.washington.edu/erikmax/images/Spring%20Break%20California%20san%20francisco%20cable%20car%20hill%20street%20.jpg

http://www.bigfoto.com/sites/galery/san-francisco/san_francisco_77.jpg

(these pics are fine on-screen for my resolution but if they're a pain in the ass for anyone else i'll change em to url tags)

Any connection to Steve McQueen, no matter how tenious, is cool as hell.

In order to not make this a total hijack, this is the bridge where the Stutz did the stunt, in Alameda-
http://www.ci.alameda.ca.us/home/images/wideview_highstreet_sunset.jpg
We had to scramble off the bridge so a barge could go by and then scramble back on to finish shooting.

I take it that's the one up north, rather than the one on your way into Bakersfield from L.A.. :p In any case, that sounds like a sweet job, to be doing stuff like that.. That picture reminds me of the time the Michigan Ave. bridge got stuck in the "up" position when I was there in the
3rd grade or so.. there was no shortage of amateur directors there then, following in the Mack Senett tradition of using natural (or semi-natural) disasters to their own advantage.. :)

edit: where i'd like to live:

Wow, Utrecht looks awesome. Imagine waking up every day and walking outside to that. I bet there are no fish in that river/canal though.

*raises eyebrow*

eh? :confused:
i like it but wtf?


edit: where i'd like to live:


or

http://www.sbe.hw.ac.uk/staff/arthur/frbpc/Aug04/usa/images/San%20Francisco%20Bay%20Bridge_jpg.jpg

http://students.washington.edu/erikmax/images/Spring%20Break%20California%20san%20francisco%20cable%20car%20hill%20street%20.jpg

http://www.bigfoto.com/sites/galery/san-francisco/san_francisco_77.jpg

(these pics are fine on-screen for my resolution but if they're a pain in the ass for anyone else i'll change em to url tags)
It is pretty cool :D Specially living just south of that on the kickass beach w/redwood forest.

I agree with the other choice as well.

I take it that's the one up north, rather than the one on your way into Bakersfield from L.A.. :p In any case, that sounds like a sweet job, to be doing stuff like that.. That picture reminds me of the time the Michigan Ave. bridge got stuck in the "up" position when I was there in the
3rd grade or so.. there was no shortage of amateur directors there then, following in the Mack Senett tradition of using natural (or semi-natural) disasters to their own advantage.. :)
It's pretty cool, but it's far apart-the middle is filled working on reality shows (I'm sorry america) and times like this where I'm sitting on my ass hoping that I can get a gig before the month is up so I can pay rent...

Though on one of those reality shows I spent the day on this beach (http://www.epa.gov/region09/features/images/pacifica_beach.jpg) with the steady cam crew waiting for thier next call. All 'on the clock.' That was kick ass.

It is pretty cool :D Specially living just south of that on the kickass beach w/redwood forest.

I agree with the other choice as well.
lucky sod :p
i've driven the coastal roads from SF to LA (via way of Lompoc and the mysterious yet stunning '17 mile drive')... its beautiful round there, not to menition an awesome climate (beats britain's incessant rain hehe)
so once again, lucky bugger :p

(redwood forest looks nice in your pics too - even if i can't see how that's supposed to be a uni campus! :p)


Wow, Utrecht looks awesome. Imagine waking up every day and walking outside to that. I bet there are no fish in that river/canal though.
heh, no... but who cares about fishing when the city's that beautiful (and you have a dozen coffeeshops round the corner ;) :D)

lucky sod :p
i've driven the coastal roads from SF to LA (via way of Lompoc and the mysterious yet stunning '17 mile drive')... its beautiful round there, not to menition an awesome climate (beats britain's incessant rain hehe)
so once again, lucky bugger :p

(redwood forest looks nice in your pics too - even if i can't see how that's supposed to be a uni campus! :p)

There are buildings amongst the trees (most of the time you can't see one building from the other), but they're not as cool as the woods you have to walk through to get there. This is Kresge (http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/uchistory/archives_exhibits/campus_planning/atkinson_archive/ucsc/photos/UCSC_25_rf.jpg), which was my college. (it's set up like Harvard, the university has several colleges.) Not as cool as the trees. And the warning signs about mountain lions...

Not to rub things in, but in high school I was part of the Youth Music Monterey program (part of the Monterey Jazz Festival) where I lived on 17 Mile Drive for three weeks, almost literally on Spyglass (http://www.golf-tuition-online.com/vbportal/photopost/data/523/7846spyglass1.jpg). All day playing jazz, then wandering across Spyglass to get to the beach...that was pretty kickass...

I live here:
Look at the southern coastline. In the middle, there's Ystad! (http://www.stadskartan.se/clients/vw/audi/lan/skane.gif)

Downtown (http://p.vtourist.com/858342-Travel_Picture-Ystad.jpg)

Part of the harbour (http://www.ktv.no/~tso-tro/bornholm/ystad.jpg)

Another pic of our old town (http://www.pixelgraphix.de/photo/pics/2005-08-11-14-10-05.jpg)

This is where I filmed our school documentary last week ;) (http://sweden.photosafari.org/ImagesOfSweden/1sweden/sweden/sw_ystad_01.jpg)

This is called Ales Stenar. It's a viking grave. (http://www.rileytoorn.com/AlesStenarClackcompressed.jpg)

Our walking street. Usually very crowded. (http://www.anhinga.info/haefenklein/ystad3.jpg)

It's hard to find good pics at google when your home town is so small... My last link is a german fansite for Wallander, a fictional detective who lives and works in Ystad in Henning Mankell's books. Somehow, this character has become widely popular in Germany... If you don't understand german, just look at the pictures and click the arrows to continue.

Klicken Sie Hier, bitte! (http://www.wallander-web.de/report1.htm)

I want to do pictures of my college, though compared to the buildings that the europeans have been showing...just seems silly...The buildings aren't really that cool looking, especially considering the company they would be in...Not silly at all. We may have some nice university buildings in Europe, but I haven't seen many with such stunning grounds as those. Beside Queen's in Belfast we Botanic Gardens (see below), but it doesn't really compare to that scenery.

Botanic Gardens:
http://www.castlesireland.com/images/pictures/palm-house.jpg

http://www.angelfire.com/mh/mike/images/belfast/14.jpg

http://galen-frysinger.com/graphics/northire.jpg

How did I forget Harland and Woolf, the shipyard? The Titanic was built here, though not by those massive yellow cranes (known as Samson and Goliath) you can see in the picture as they were only erected in the '60s/early '70s.

http://dutchman.org.uk/irl-203.jpg

This is Belfast Castle, on the Cave Hill:
http://home.comcast.net/~hories/Ireland/Belfast/P9190080.jpg

Not silly at all. We may have some nice university buildings in Europe, but I haven't seen many with such stunning grounds as those. Beside Queen's in Belfast we Botanic Gardens (see below), but it doesn't really compare to that scenery.

Botanic Gardens:
http://www.castlesireland.com/images/pictures/palm-house.jpg

http://www.angelfire.com/mh/mike/images/belfast/14.jpg

http://galen-frysinger.com/graphics/northire.jpg
That's pretty. We have(well, not really 'we', I graduated already) an arboretum (http://www.arblib.kestrel-press.com/history/images/5_plantsale_2002.jpg), but I never went. I couldn't find a good panoramic view, just close ups of all the crazy crap they house there. I really should have gone. That's how it goes, if you live there you never go...the only time I went to Natural Bridges (it's that arced rock in my first post) I was lost...

That's how it goes, if you live there you never go...Tell me about it! I've been to most of the places I've posted here, but there are so many parts of Belfast - and Ireland (both North and South) in general - that I've never been to. Apparently the lakes and caves in Fermanagh, for example, are stunning - but I've never been anywhere near them.

But here's a guide:
http://www.tempomanor.com/media/t-014.jpg

http://www.nireland.com/exiles/MARBLEARCH.jpg

Tell me about it! I've been to most of the places I've posted here, but there are so many parts of Belfast - and Ireland (both North and South) in general - that I've never been to. Apparently the lakes and caves in Fermanagh, for example, are stunning - but I've never been anywhere near them.

But here's a guide:
http://www.tempomanor.com/media/t-014.jpg

http://www.nireland.com/exiles/MARBLEARCH.jpg
That cave thing looks kickass! I want to take a boat ride in a cave. That's it. I'm going to Ireland. Who cares if right now I can't afford to drive the 70 miles to San Francisco...

I really should go to Ireland at some point. My last name is the name of a town or something up there. I really should leave California at some point. I'm afriad I might explode if I do...

As I was looking at all the photos everyone has put up, it struck me again just how beautiful the world can be. Many of us live near places where there are views that can take your breath away! And some of the towns in Europe are so quaint and clean that I could actually see myself living there ... really! :D

I wish I could show all the politicians of the world a slide-show of these photos and say, "You see! We want our children and grandchildren and all those yet to come to be able to enjoy all this too."

That cave thing looks kickass! I want to take a boat ride in a cave.Me too. I only live about 70 miles from the place, but one thing bad about Ireland (well, the North anyway - the Republic is somewhat better as far as I know) is the public transport. In and out of Belfast is OK, but getting somewhere more distant can prove problematic :(

I really should go to Ireland at some point. My last name is the name of a town or something up there. I really should leave California at some point. I'm afriad I might explode if I do...If you come here, we won't let you explode :) Seriously, when you can come, do - we're a friendly bunch and you'll receive a warm welcome.

Pints of Guinness are waiting for all the people that want to come to Ireland!

As I was looking at all the photos everyone has put up, it struck me again just how beautiful the world can be. Many of us live near places where there are views that can take your breath away!Spot on. I've been awestruck by some of the photos here; if they can have that effect as a pic on a website, they must be really stunning in real life. I'm so pleased that people participated in the thread, it's been fascinating (for me at least).

Me too. I only live about 70 miles from the place, but one thing bad about Ireland (well, the North anyway - the Republic is somewhat better as far as I know) is the public transport. In and out of Belfast is OK, but getting somewhere more distant can prove problematic :(
It gets like that here. We have Greyhound (bus line)but that can be...interesting. But in California you kinda have to have a car. I have two. This one is my true love (http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/8316/myride8mk.jpg) in front of The Boardwalk (from a film I made about her). The other one looks like a lego and I use it for work.

If you come here, we won't let you explode :) Seriously, when you can come, do - we're a friendly bunch and you'll receive a warm welcome.

Pints of Guinness are waiting for all the people that want to come to Ireland!
Well, I have a thing for chicks with Irish accents, so if leaving Cali doesn't make me explode being surrounded by hot Irish chicks talking might do the job ;) Though I'll over come it. As soon as I get enough money to do things like that...

:) ... near Lodève, where I'm going to live in a few years:

http://pauladriaenssens.tripod.com/autourdelodeve/

Spot on. I've been awestruck by some of the photos here; if they can have that effect as a pic on a website, they must be really stunning in real life. I'm so pleased that people participated in the thread, it's been fascinating (for me at least).
I agree. For me, at least, seeing the photos has given me a bit of a different perspective on many of those who post here. Their choice of photos to post reveals a side of them mere words can't convey. I like to think most can appreciate the beauty of their hometowns and countries. :)

I agree. For me, at least, seeing the photos has given me a bit of a different perspective on many of those who post here. Their choice of photos to post reveals a side of them mere words can't convey. I like to think most can appreciate the beauty of their hometowns and countries. :)I hadn't thought about it in that way, but I think this is a very good point. If people didn't have some sort of emotional fondness for where they came from, no one would have bothered. I guess we're not all hardened, cynical bastards! (Well, at least not to the extent we may otherwise have thought ;)).

This is Newcastle, Co Down, which is in the foot of the Mourne Mountains and right by the sea. It's a bit of a tacky town - kind of a very, very, VERY mini Las Vegas (no lights though sadly!)
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nirdow/images/newcastle.jpg

This is a view of Dunluce Castle in Portrush - Portrush is another tacky town, but I still love it. Lots to do, right on the sea (fronts onto the Atlantic), close to really cool places on the north coast like The Giant's Causeway and Carrick-a-Rede, which I've already posted.
http://www.denison.edu/offcampus/images/obrien-ireland.jpg

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I've always been intrigued by Prince Rupert, ever since I saw it's airport diagram in the CFS (sorta a phone book/diagram book for all the airports in Canada). The airport is right next to the water, and almost on a cliff edge-type thing. I want to stop by there some time ;-)