Contest #338

First of all: apologies that I did not make it yesterday, but here is this weeks’ contest. It is about the church in the centre of the picture.

And a warm thank you to all who wrote me some nice lines.

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Contest #337 answer: 'Huis Ten Bosch' theme park, Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan

Mr. Yoshikuni Kamichika visited The Netherlands in 1979 and was impressed by the Dutch water engineering skills. He was looking for a suitable development project for a location in the Omura bay and decided upon a Dutch Theme Park, named ‘Huis ten Bosch

Huis_Ten_Bosch

To ensure that the buildings looked genuine, he imported the building bricks from The Netherlands

Those who looked in the right part of the world:

  • Mike Jack
  • hhgygy
  • Sandworm
  • Paul Voestermans
  • Phil Ower
  • RicardPG
  • Cloudspotter
  • krenek
  • Walter_V_R
  • Lighthouse
  • Garfield

– Hint –

  • steve willis
  • Eloy Cano
  • Ann K.
  • DannyS
  • Ozgur ONGOCMEN
  • rob de wolff

Contest #336 answer: Ivanpah Solar Power Facility, Mojave desert, CA, USA

The largest solar power plant in the world was constructed in the Mojave desert in California, USA.
It is the Ivanpah Solar Power Facility and it formally opened on February 13 this year.

Ivanpah

In total it consist of three concentric circles of mirrors, focussed to beam up to three towers with steam turbines.
It should produce some 377 MW per annum.

Those who did not look into the sun

  • hhgygy
  • Cloudspotter
  • Ann K.
  • Phil Ower
  • Walter_V_R
  • LawnBoy
  • Lighthouse
  • Paul Voestermans
  • steve willis
  • Mike Jack
  • DannyS
  • Jesus Rodriguez
  • Sandworm
  • RicardPG
  • krenek
  • Paul Borger
  • Elrober
  • David Kozina
  • Jill K
  • Garfield
  • Paul1547
  • mehmet durmus
  • Eloy Cano
  • Paul Franson
  • Ozgur ONGOCMEN
  • Chris Nason

– Hint –

  • Andy McConnell
  • Skip
  • ACG
  • Ashwini Agrawal
  • donaaronio
  • Ludwig
  • Rosella
  • Bill Close

Contest #335 answer: John C. Stennis Space Center, Hancock County, MS, USA

The John. C. Stennis Space Centre is not well known, although it is the major rocket test facility of NASA.

NASA_Stennis_test_complexes_on_display

It was original built in 1961 for testing the Saturn rockets for the Apollo program.

Stennis_Space_Center_Test_Stand

In the centre of the picture is the B-2 test stand, where the Saturn rocket was tested and is currently being rebuilt for testing the SLS engines, which will also be used for (manned) Mars missions in the future.

Those who counted backwards:

  • Walter_V_R
  • Paul Voestermans
  • Phil Ower
  • Lighthouse
  • Mike Jack
  • steve willis
  • Garfield
  • Cloudspotter
  • krenek

– Hint –

  • Sandworm
  • mehmet durmus
  • Eloy Cano
  • Ozgur ONGOCMEN
  • hhgygy
  • RicardPG
  • Paul Franson
  • Ann K.
  • Noisette
  • DannyS