welshbairn Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 I was thinking the first day of construction of this fella, but doesn't look likely anymore. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 2 hours ago, welshbairn said: I was thinking the first day of construction of this fella, but doesn't look likely anymore. Big chap https://goo.gl/maps/Acms7JnojeNg6FPy8 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 6 hours ago, GordonS said: Big chap https://goo.gl/maps/Acms7JnojeNg6FPy8 Okay. So it is not Richard Branson. I was on the wrong track there. Does look a little bit like him though what with the beard and all that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 On the islands theme... there are no Streetview or sphere images of this one, so it's just the satellite pic. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 (edited) 11 hours ago, GordonS said: On the islands theme... there are no Streetview or sphere images of this one, so it's just the satellite pic. North Sentinel Island. Edited January 26, 2021 by Fullerene 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Scene of a famous battle but not in a good way. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GordonS Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 1 hour ago, Fullerene said: https://goo.gl/maps/QXHSRm8F4gohwqD98 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 This one has a Hibs connection: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Lucky guess. https://www.google.com/maps/@-54.1416517,-36.6886183,3a,75y,329.94h,10.43t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipM_i6k_7nhpRB43Fnyap7tzoZ8BzFN7W9B5rD6X!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipM_i6k_7nhpRB43Fnyap7tzoZ8BzFN7W9B5rD6X%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi0-ya0-ro0-fo100!7i8192!8i4096 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 1 hour ago, Fullerene said: Scene of a famous battle but not in a good way. Brute forced this one. https://goo.gl/maps/ZkFuue58caqRt6cV9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 1 minute ago, welshbairn said: Lucky guess. https://www.google.com/maps/@-54.1416517,-36.6886183,3a,75y,329.94h,10.43t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipM_i6k_7nhpRB43Fnyap7tzoZ8BzFN7W9B5rD6X!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipM_i6k_7nhpRB43Fnyap7tzoZ8BzFN7W9B5rD6X%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi0-ya0-ro0-fo100!7i8192!8i4096 Informed guess. Did you get the Hibs connection? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 2 hours ago, Fullerene said: North Sentinel Island. There's a lot of folk on this board that are well travelled, but I'm willing to bet none of them have been here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 On 25/01/2021 at 23:35, GordonS said: Need a clue? There is a mineral on the ground here that you literally won't find anywhere else in the universe. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 2 minutes ago, GordonS said: Informed guess. Did you get the Hibs connection? Just remembered the rusty remains of the old whaling station, and not until I saw it was called Leith as I zoomed in. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Found this on my rare mineral search. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 18 minutes ago, GordonS said: Brute forced this one. https://goo.gl/maps/ZkFuue58caqRt6cV9 Yes. Operation Cottage was a disastrous attempt to retake the island of Kiska back from the Japanese. It was a disaster because the Japanese had already left so 75,000 allied soldiers fought against 0 Japanese soldiers but suffered heavy casualties anyway through friendly fire. Not a glorious victory by any means. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Fullerene said: Yes. Operation Cottage was a disastrous attempt to retake the island of Kiska back from the Japanese. It was a disaster because the Japanese had already left so 75,000 allied soldiers fought against 0 Japanese soldiers but suffered heavy casualties anyway through friendly fire. Not a glorious victory by any means. I thought you meant when they tried to protect the birds by killing the rats but ended up killing all the birds too. P.S. I see the Canadians kicked the shit out of the Americans. Edited January 27, 2021 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 29 minutes ago, GordonS said: There's a lot of folk on this board that are well travelled, but I'm willing to bet none of them have been here. I did ask this American missionary friend of mine to go have a look but I am still waiting to hear back from him. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 30 minutes ago, GordonS said: Need a clue? There is a mineral on the ground here that you literally won't find anywhere else in the universe. Trinity test site in New Mexico. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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