Last week’s Friday Mystery Place was a challenge to those who are not familiar with some of the rather interesting Nature preserves on the Atlantic coast of the United States. The Chincoteague Ponies are feral ponies, who live on Assateague Island, which is owned by the Federal government, but straddles the states of Maryland and Virginia.
Clearly, iballrtw, husband and wife writing team of the fantastic ‘iball round the world‘ blog, know about these ponies, as they were quick to identify this pony correctly! I’d have to check my exact itinerary to see, if this pony is from the Maryland or Virginia herd. Go check them out when you get a chance, as the area is photogenic and full of surprises!
Something completely different this week…
Your challenge is to determine where this rock carving is situated. This image is from slides that I have been scanning from my father-in-law’s and his father’s collection, so it’s pretty old.
Technical Details
The slide, from which this scan came, was processed in August of 1960; it was shot on Kodak Ektachrome slide file. Despite its age, the typical Ektachrome pinkish cast (due to cyan dye fading over time) is rather minimal.
Oh God I don’t know where this is however it’s beautiful. Looking forward to learning more.
Thanks Frank for your interesting places!!
Many blessings,
Debbie
Lucerne, Switzerland I think.
You are 100% correct! Well done!
The Lion of Lucerne, Switzerland. Next to the NYC Library lions, one of my favorite cats. When I saw this as a kid I thought it was merely a sad cat in mourning. Didn’t realize until much later it was dying.
Excellent job! The history that gave us this monument is full of anguish…
Thank you for the kind comments. Coincidentally, our nephew and his family visited the ponies just a few days ago. Love the photo of the lion!
Thank you. Good timing on the ponies!