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01-June-2008, 12:28 PM
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 What I meant by going in that direction: some other metaphor or simile using "clear" Actually I just noticed that the answer is within the first few lines of the Alaska wiki page Geography section... 
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01-June-2008, 07:26 PM
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coastline
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02-June-2008, 01:50 AM
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seas? bodies of water?
The state is bordered by Yukon Territory and British Columbia, Canada, to the east, the Gulf of Alaska and the Pacific Ocean to the south, the Bering Sea, Bering Strait, and Chukchi Sea to the west and the Beaufort Sea and the Arctic Ocean to the north.
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04-June-2008, 10:11 PM
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thanks hhEb09'1. here's one for you all, where in the world is this? And what is it?
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05-June-2008, 03:20 PM
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The hillside in the background looks quite green to me, which makes me think Vegas is unlikely, & oh, there is quite a bit of cloud there as well.
The style of the columns could be quite a clue, a peruse of this page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doric_order , makes me wonder if they are Roman rather than Greek, due to the slenderness of the columns & the details of their bases & tops (if I'm not completly off target here..). Which in turn makes me wonder if that is not just a hill or mountainside in the background but the slopes of a volcano.. So my WAG would be Roman baths (originally entirely roofed over), Pompeii, Italy with Mt Vesuvius in the background.
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05-June-2008, 05:31 PM
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At first I thought it a memorial given the square object in the background looks like a plaque. But the more I looked at it, the background I took for a lake at first now looks more like a wall with a door in it.
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05-June-2008, 07:27 PM
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05-June-2008, 07:35 PM
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05-June-2008, 08:03 PM
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Sorry Jay200MPH it isn't Vegas.
Sorry ciderman it isn't in Greece nor Greek. ggremlin you were so close then decided to talk yourself out of it.  crosscountry and hhEb09'1 it is a photo I had it in a plastic sleeve to protect it from damage, hence the crease, as this place is important to my father, I will give you a clue, it is mountains behind and try looking in a different continent, to all what has been said .
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05-June-2008, 08:08 PM
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and it is a white wall at the back, no water ok.
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05-June-2008, 08:12 PM
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I know where it is but that would be sort of cheating! LoL!
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05-June-2008, 08:16 PM
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yes it would lil sis!
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05-June-2008, 08:25 PM
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 OK
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05-June-2008, 08:56 PM
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how about South America?
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05-June-2008, 09:53 PM
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no sorry cc.
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11-June-2008, 10:44 PM
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It's in Borneo. It's the Sandakan Malaysia Death March memorial.
Another horrific episode in the South Pacific during WWII which tends to get overlooked by many. Good post, chrissy, and good of you to help keep this from being forgotten. Thank you.
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11-June-2008, 10:46 PM
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that is correct Mak well done heres a link for you to read :
http://www.iht.com/articles/1999/03/23/borneo.2.t_0.php Borneo Death March /Of 2,700 Prisoners, 6 Survived
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