"Where in North America?" --- Section IV

[Mark Sedenquist]

I stumbled across a decent candidate while looking for a shot of the pets for Linda, so here's one showing the kind of fun you can have with a fisheye lens.... What is it and where is it?

Photo: Don Casey

My first guess, would've been, of course, somewhere at CAL -- but I don't remember the rock anywhere -- So maybe at Cal Poly San Luis Obisbo? Maybe we need another clue, ole wise clue-master?

[Mark Sedenquist]

Megan dropped by my desk a few moments ago and offered "The Getty" museum in Los Angeles...

Mark

[CalOldBlue]

High overlooking west LA.

Here's a view from the deck on a typical smoggy February late afternoon in the City of Angels:


Photo: Don Casey

and the outdoor cafe'

Photo: Don Casey

[Mark Sedenquist]

The 405 Interstate is looking pretty much like a parking lot!

Did you know that a wildfire threatened the museum last month -- they had to evacuate all of the staff and all of the guests!

Mark

[CalOldBlue]

Based on my trip records and the metadata in the shot, you're looking at a shot taken 2/16/08 (Saturday) in the late afternoon; so not a commute period.

Wouldn't surprise me that they have fire issues; here's a shot taken looking uphill towards the Skirball; lots of flammable hillside around this place.


Photo: Don Casey

Evacuation must have been a zoo; the parking lot is downhill, so they either had to wait for the trams (slow) or walk back down a fairly narrow path, or perhaps they allowed folk to walk down the service road?

[Mark Sedenquist]

I haven't spoken to my colleagues in the LAFD who managed it -- but apparently the fire made a concerted run in late afternoon and there was a very real concern that the grounds would be over-run, so somehow they managed to evacuate everyone in "record time." But I agree, that would've presented some monumental logistical challenges....

************************************************** *****************
And this page brings Section IV to a close (so it will fit on this web page easier)....{This has been a very popular topic on this forum -- Unfortunately, the page count on the posts is exceeding the effective limits for the width of the forum on many of our member's browsers. So... this thread is being closed and re-opened on a new thread, so CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE WITH THE GAME. I guarantee the next one will challenge you....}

If you’d like to look at the previous sections of this game (you can’t post comments or “solutions” any longer) but you can still “play the game” by clicking on any of the following links and navigating forward:
Section I Started in February, 2009.
Section II, Started in April, 2009.
Section III, Started in June, 2009
Section IV, Started in July, 2009
Section V Started on August 2nd, 2009
Section VI Started on August 13th,
Section VII started on August 30th, 2009.
Section VIII started on September 22, 2009.
Section IX started on October 23, 2009.
Section X started on November 18, 2009
Section XI -- Started on March 14, 2010.

Section XII-- Started June 11, 2010 is currently the Active Part of this Game/Contest

The RoadTrip Enthusiasts Group