Contest #117
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How to Play
To participate, just make your guess in the comments section for each photo. Guesses will be held until the end of the contest, when they will all be made public. Anything and everything is fair game for getting a correct answer. Each contest will last one week, starting on Friday, so submit your guess as soon as you have an idea.
pearl harbor
Comment by rdunks | December 18, 2009
Kaspiysk, Republic of Dagestan, Russia
(aka Dvigatelstroy -1947)
With a Lun-class ekranoplan near the center of the image.
Comment by Ivar Bonsaksen | December 18, 2009
Kaspiysk
42°52′50″ N
47°39′24″ E
Comment by realpetko | December 18, 2009
thats the port in riviera beach florida
Comment by Corey | December 18, 2009
Fairbanks, AK
Comment by Michael | December 18, 2009
That’s the port of Kaspiysk in Russia(Republic of Dagestan) on the Caspian sea with an ekranoplan in the centre.
Comment by Pascal Gilbraith | December 18, 2009
Former Soviet ekranoplan base at Kaspiysk on the caspian sea.
Comment by Tetraskelion | December 18, 2009
This is the Russian Naval base of Kaspiysk on the Caspian Sea. The clue was the “plane” in the picture, the Ekranoplan (ground effect plane) known as the “Caspian Sea Monster”.
Comment by brian t | December 18, 2009
Kaspiysk harbor, Dagestan, Russia. The white plane in the center is the largest ekranoplan ever made, “Caspian Sea Monster”,
Comment by Milosh, Serbia | December 18, 2009
Lun-class Ekranoplan in Kaspiysk, Republic of Dagestan, Russian Federation, located on the western shores of the Caspian sea. 42.881667,47.656667
Comment by Andy M, USA | December 19, 2009
Kaspiysk, Russia. Naval storage facility for hovercraft and ekranoplans.
Comment by Camargo, California | December 20, 2009
This is an old ground effect vehicle from the Russian Navy called an Ekranoplan, doked at Kaspiysk, Dagestan, Russian Federation.
Comment by Doc Will | December 20, 2009
Ekranoplan in haven van Kaspiysk aan de Kaspische zee in Rusland.
Comment by Willem | December 20, 2009
Kaspiysk, on the Caspian Sea.
Comment by AbbieX | December 21, 2009
Kaspiysk,Republic of Dagestan,Russia.
Home of the only Lun Class Ekranoplane.
Comment by Dennis S. | December 21, 2009
That is the ekranoplan at Kaspijsk, Russia!
Comment by JackalWSU#3 | December 21, 2009
Kasplysk on the Caspian Sea in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia (18k south of Makhachkala). The plane (?) in the harbour is a ground effect craft known as an Ekranoplan
Google ref: http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=42.882529,47.663069&z=17
Comment by Jon B | December 21, 2009
anchorage, alaska. cook inlet
Comment by amr205 | December 22, 2009
Kaspiysk, Russia
Comment by Falco | December 22, 2009
42°52′54.79″ N 47°39′24.21″ E
The white thing on this picture is large Soviet Ground Effect Vehicle. On of a kind.
Comment by Alex | December 23, 2009
Large Ekranoplan located in Kaspiysk, Russia - on the Caspian Sea.
Comment by ej | December 23, 2009