Contest #157
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. Each Wednesday at 0:00 hrs GMT a hint will be published. If you submit a correct answer before the hint is out, you'll earn an extra point, so submit your guess as soon as you have an idea.
Barrage de la Grande Dixence, Switzerland
Comment by John Honeywell | September 24, 2010
Grande Dixence Dam, Switzerland
highest in Europe, 4th highest in the world
Comment by hhgygy | September 24, 2010
Grande Dixence Dam and Lake Dix, Switzerland. Too easy, it took me 1 minute flat.
Comment by Milosh, Serbia | September 24, 2010
The Grande Dixence Dam, Swtizerland. It’s the tallest gravity dam in the world
Comment by Pascal Gilbraith | September 24, 2010
Lac des Dix and its dam. Lat 46.08 Lon 7.40
Comment by Michael Kennedy | September 24, 2010
Barrage de la Grande Dixence
Comment by ewen | September 24, 2010
Grande Dixence Dam in Switzerland – about 20 miles NE of the border tripoint of Switzerland, Italy, and France.
Comment by David Kozina | September 24, 2010
Grande Dixence dam Hérémence Switzerland.
Comment by José Miguel Díaz | September 25, 2010
La presa de Grande Dixence (7° 24.228′E, 46° 4.831′N)
Comment by Rolando Marín Monge | September 25, 2010
Grand Dixence dam, in Switzerland
Comment by Javier Abadia | September 25, 2010
Grande Dixence Dam, Heremence, Switzerland.
Tallest gravity dam in the world.
Comment by lardarz | September 25, 2010
The Barrage de la Grande Dixence, Valais Switzerland.
Comment by Steve Jaycocks | September 25, 2010
Grande Dixence Dam, Valais, Switzerland.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grande_Dixence_Dam
Found it _without_ Google Goggles… just to be clear.
Comment by Andy McConnell | September 25, 2010
The Grande Dixence Dam, it is a concrete gravity dam on the Dixence River at the head of the Val d’Hérens in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. At 285 m (935 ft) high, it is the tallest gravity dam in the world and is part of the Cleuson-Dixence Complex.
Comment by Ashwini Agrawal | September 26, 2010
It’s the Grande Dixence Dam in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
Comment by Taliesin | September 26, 2010
I know this one!
The Grande Dixence Dam, Switzerland.
Andy
Comment by Andy Geoghegan | September 26, 2010
Grande Dixence Dam, Switzerland
Comment by Max_Power | September 27, 2010
Barrage de la Grande Dix / Grand Dixence Dam
South of Sion
Comment by Chris Nason | September 28, 2010
Grande Dixence Dam, the tallest gravity dam in the world in Valais, Switzerland
Comment by Paul Franson | September 29, 2010