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elliput
10-07-2006, 01:19 PM
Where is this?


http://www.windsorpeak.com/dc/user_files/35845.jpg
Fairy
10-07-2006, 01:24 PM
Wow. Ok, um ... Let's start with ... the Andes?
elliput
10-07-2006, 08:18 PM
Not the Andes. Try a different hemisphere.
writermama
10-08-2006, 09:41 AM
Very confused. That looks like snow, but it's at lower elevation than the green on the mountain tops? Is that snow or salt?
elliput
10-08-2006, 12:37 PM
Snow.
psophia17
10-08-2006, 01:13 PM
Somewhere Scandinavian?
elliput
10-08-2006, 01:40 PM
Scandinavia is a bit far north. This is more continental.
trentsmom
10-08-2006, 02:26 PM
Thanks to the hints (just about the only way I can figure these things out), this is near Zermatt, Switzerland
Fairy
10-08-2006, 04:30 PM
Ok, so it's the Alps, then?
elliput
10-08-2006, 08:09 PM
Yep, this is the Alps, but I am looking for one Alp in particular.
phirey
10-08-2006, 08:35 PM
Gonna have to guess the Matterhorn?

I had to disable Google Earth on my computer. :-(
MarisaSF
10-08-2006, 08:37 PM
Then I'll throw in a guess at Mont Blanc?

ETA: I can't get Google Earth to work on my computer. :(
Am looking online for online photos. Would love to id those lakes. I'm a sucker for a good mtn lake.
elliput
10-08-2006, 09:22 PM
Matternhorn it is! Or if you prefer Italiano- Monte Cervino, and Francais - Le Cervin.
MarisaSF
10-08-2006, 09:50 PM
Good job, Peggy!
That was my first guess.
Now I'm craving fondue. :)
psophia17
10-08-2006, 10:59 PM
melted cheese, bread, yum
EllasMum
10-08-2006, 11:34 PM
If you like mountain lakes may I humbly suggest checking out Lake Louise and Moraine Lake - two glacial lakes a few hours from where I live. The pictures, while stunning, do not do them justice, but worth checking out anyway! Enjoy!

Sorry to OP for the threadjack. ;)
MarisaSF
10-09-2006, 01:38 AM
I'd love to!
DH has been to Banff and I haven't. We're always looking for places neither of us have been, but I would love to take the kid(s) there when they can hike themselves. ;)
Thanks for the reminder. I'm nudging DH. :)
elliput
10-09-2006, 07:54 AM
Threadjack? What threadjack? Lake Louise and Moraine Lake are amazing. :-) I remember going on a family trip up to Banff when I was about 10. Loved it!
EllasMum
10-09-2006, 11:30 AM
OK, maybe not quite a threadjack - how about a tangent. Yep, that's what I meant. Mind you I guess it was all geography related! Love the challenges - thanks for posting them! :)