Where is this?

Very nice photograph. Love the scenery. I want to visit that place!

 

Well done and spot on.
There is a debate as to if Brunel got the angle 'right' but did not factor in refraction of the atmosphere, or if it was happenstance and workers noticing the phenomena attributed it to Brunels design skill without checking the date.
It does happen for several days in April and again in September (given clear skies) but the dates are subject to change (leap years etc.)

Either way the tunnel was a masterful piece of engineering with a difference of only 2" over the two miles when the ends of the tunnel met.
It was built to accomodate the 'Broad Gauge' 7 foot tracks.

Newgrange was also quite a masterful construction - in additions to the Solstice sunrise, it has remarkable acoustic properties. Not bad for something built 5 centuries before the great pyramid at Giza!

 

Another fine quest, Andy. Thanks for the historical information.

 

I've got one for the genius's of this thread. This is a picture of the first GC32 foiler in the USA but they didn't say where it was-anybody got an idea?
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I'm getting Newport, RI, Doug:

https://www.facebook.com/Argo32Racing (Oct 20th)

http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2...lashes-mount-gay-rum-around-jamestown-record/

 

Way to go! I saw another story on the boat yesterday that was about winning the "Round Jamestown" race which explained it. Their first release said nothing about where it was.

 

Yeah, amazing - if I'm reading the bits and pieces I picked up correctly, they had a pile of bits on the floor of a shed on October 20th, put it together, sea trialed it and then broke the round Jamestown record on October 26th - despite breaking both foils in the process.

Speed peaked at 37.1kts

 

What are the names of these craters, or at least where are they located?


A.
The lovely Mars crater Victoria (730 metres wide), explored for two years by the rover Opportunity. Here is a panoramic view inside of Victoria.

B.
Asgard (1600 km in diameter) is the second largest multi-ring impact crater on Jupiter's moon Callisto.
The central part of Asgard is dominated by the domed Doh impact crater.
A smaller multi-ring structure is superposed on the northern part of Asgard.
It is called Utgard (also from Norse mythology) and measures ~600 km in diameter.
Utgard is the fourth largest multi-ring feature on Callisto.

C.
Craters on Ganymede, the largest of 67 moons of Jupiter, and the largest moon in our solar system.
Ganymede is 8% larger than the planet Mercury, and over 2 times the mass of the Earth's moon.

D.
Herschel is a huge crater in the Saturnian moon Mimas, 139km across with walls 5km high, and its central peak rises 6–8 km above the crater floor.

E.
The Death Star is a fictional spacecraft and superweapon appearing in the Star Wars science-fiction franchise,
capable of destroying an entire planet with its powerful superlaser. While looking strangely similar to Mimas (above),
it was created in 1977, three years before the crater Herschel was discovered.

F.
Forget Pluto, a hidden Mickey Mouse lives on Mercury

G.
Phobos is the largest of the two satellites of Mars. Stickney (9km diameter) is the large crater on left side of the image of Phobos.
Phobos is drawing closer to Mars by one meter every century, and it is predicted that in 50 million years it will
collide with the planet or break up into a planetary ring.

H.
Bessel is a ho-hum crater on Earth's moon. The names of craters now tend to fall into two groups.
Typically, moon craters are named for deceased scientists, scholars, explorers, and artists who've become known
for their contributions to their respective fields. However, craters around the Apollo crater
and the Mare Moscoviense are to be named after deceased American astronauts and Russian cosmonauts.

I.
Aorounga (12.6 km in diameter) is a meteorite impact crater in Chad, Africa. The central highland, or peak,
of the crater is surrounded by a small sand-filled trough; this in turn is surrounded by a larger circular trough.
Linear rock ridges alternating with light orange sand deposits are called Yardangs.
The Earth Impact Database currently lists 184 confirmed impact structures around the world.

J.
AndySGray has correctly identified this as Moon base Alpha from the television series Space: 1999.
This image may also be used in a Sci-Fi game(?) as Obitus Exclave of the An-Xileel Empire.

K.
Tyre crater on the icy surface of Europa, the smallest of the four Galilean moons orbiting Jupiter.
The apparent youth and smoothness of the surface have led to the hypothesis that a water ocean exists beneath it,
which could conceivably serve as an abode for extraterrestrial life

L.
Asteroid Itokawa (630m long) is possibly formed by the merging of two smaller asteroids.
In November 2005 the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency became the first to land an unmanned
spacecraft on an asteroid and return samples to earth.

M.
In Greek mythology Deimos (15km) is the twin brother of Phobos (G, above), and is one of the twin moons of Mars.
Only two of its craters have been named, Swift and Voltaire.

N.
The Dickinson crater (69km diameter) on Venus, is named after the American poet Emily Dickinson.
Because Venus is shrouded by an opaque layer of highly reflective clouds of sulfuric acid it has only
been in the last few decades that its surface has been imaged with radar.

O.
AndySGray's 'humour' is always appreciated, and yes indeed, we have a human pupil and iris,
as imaged by a scanning electron microscope.

P.
Beautiful Enceladus is the sixth-largest moon of Saturn. The relative lack of craters on the smooth plains suggest that
Enceladus must have been recently active with "water volcanism" or other processes that renew the surface.

 

I recognised J. immediately - how sad is that - so maybe not where but when = 1999.

H is also somewhat familiar - Harrison ford wasn't in a tunnel was he?

I believe D may be a grain of pollen?

I was also wondering if L. was the metal pellet fired into the leg of the dissident by the Bulgarian Secret Service agent with the umbrella.

 

J is indeed Moon base Alpha from the television series Space: 1999.

However, D, H and L are actual astronomical bodies.

 

And O. can be found on many astronomical bodies, and some less than astronomical ones too. The crater is full of 'vitreous humour' which I think is latin for old jokes...

 

Your jokes fail to belie your sharp 'eye'

I've commented on crater O, as well as crater A.

 

I've done a 'search by image ' on this one since the exact location hasn't come up yet and the search seems to have settled for the location of the base. Which was found in the spirit of the thread by good old fashioned searching I guess, so well done Tiny

So from search by image:

Here it says ‘‘Jamestown Bridge / Rhode Island’’ which seems to be right as it looks like the same houses in the background on 2th link below.

The Town of Jamestown, RI ---> View from Jamestown Bridge (picture 4928 x 3264 pixels)

So it looks like Doug's picture is looking eastward while the GC32 foiler is sailing southwards in Narragansett Bay, east of North Kingstown RI, west of Conanicut Island, in front of Jamestown, RI -Seaside Dr, ± #49 which is on Conanicut Island, and they've passed just seconds ago underneath the Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge. (Bridge Clearance at center above mean high water: 135 feet - 41.15 meters -- Passage width of main span: 636 feet - 193.85 meters -- Passage width of side spans: 340 feet - 103.63 meters)

It looks like the location of Doug's background can be seen from the bridge here on the front right side.

I'll think they're flying to pass the Slocum Ledge there . .

Info:

 

Are the winter blues so bad that you want to have another photo puzzle? Okay, what is this atmospheric phenomena called?

 

Infralateral arc (with sun very high).

and a sun dog at the top edge.