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elliput
08-25-2006, 08:30 PM
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writermama
08-25-2006, 08:33 PM
Wild guess. Cape Canaveral, FL. (kennedy space center)?
Sillygirl
08-25-2006, 08:44 PM
I am so lousy at these I never even guess, so let me down gently. . .

Omaha Beach in Normandy?
phirey
08-25-2006, 09:07 PM
I was going to guess Cape Canavrel as well. Didn't know they have two launch pads...
elliput
08-25-2006, 09:16 PM
Uh, no. The water would be on the west side. Correct ocean though!
elliput
08-25-2006, 09:17 PM
Wild guesses are sometimes right on the money! Cape Canaveral it is. :-)
pb&j
08-25-2006, 09:18 PM
Yep, definitely Cape Canaveral! If memory serves, there are actually several launch pads, some for the shuttles, some for other rockets. These look like they're for Shuttles - they've got the big "crawlerways" leading up to them - special roads/tracks for the shuttles to roll from the Vehicle Assembly Bldg to the launch pads. There's a big long landing strip nearby - something like 13,000ft IIRC. Way back when I was flight instructing in FL, you could request "the space center tour" from ATC, and do a relatively low (500 ft) pass over the runway. I have a pic that I took all lined up on approach!


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elliput
08-25-2006, 09:20 PM
Yep, two shuttle launch pads. There are also quite a few rocket launch pads.
Sillygirl
08-25-2006, 09:23 PM
Oh, wait - is north always up in these things? That would tend to make it a little easier.
elliput
08-25-2006, 09:24 PM
:-) Here's the whold shuttle area showing the landing strip, control center and launch pads.

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elliput
08-25-2006, 09:25 PM
Yes, you Sillygirl! North is always up unless otherwise stated. :+
mudder17
08-25-2006, 09:28 PM
Aww...man! And Cape Canaveral would have been my wild guess as well! It definitely looked like a launching pad to me, although I didn't realize CC had two of them. Very cool looking from above!


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writermama
08-26-2006, 10:14 AM
It was a wild guess at first, then the more I thought about it, I recognized the crawlerways and the swampy ground in between, I was pretty sure, but I had to sign off last night before I could double check.

My first thought looking at the 2 identical towers was that it was a ceremonial or religious site of some sort.