Meinhosen's tour in Iraq

Giligone · February 08, 2007, 06:56:06 AM

Great photos! That's just breathtaking. The view from up there must have been amazing.

Alek King of SC4 · February 08, 2007, 07:16:28 AM

awesome insight i love this thread pics from a politically charged crazy place, but totally raw, without agenda and intersting thanks for sharing.

oh yeah and that winding road looks like something Jeronij would build

Badsim · February 10, 2007, 04:11:57 AM

Meinhosen ... sometimes we don't find words . Sometimes they come so grievously that we hesitate to write them . These eyes & smiles are open windows , I have had to close them again feeling an incommensurable dizziness coming . I would like to thank you but I can't .

meinhosen · February 10, 2007, 10:15:09 AM

Thank you all for the kind comments!

Since this is a SC4 site, I'm going to show you all a building I saw in Mosul, and I'd like some comments/thoughts on what you all think it might possibly be.

Hint: It's not a Mosque

From a different angle:

And once more:

One last time, from above (building is in the center of the pic) :

This ought to be interesting....

Gaston · February 10, 2007, 09:19:01 PM

I have no idea. My first guess would have been a Mosque. It looks like Noah's Ark. Maybe part of a zoo? A funky control tower? But from the over head shot it can't be. I am stumpped.

---Gaston

CabraBuitre · February 11, 2007, 11:20:48 AM

My first guess would be a museum.... but then again, it kinda looks like Noah's ark... is it a church?

Cali · February 11, 2007, 09:52:56 PM

i don't know what is is ,but it's breathtaking. a really big tugboat that got beached?

Giligone · February 12, 2007, 07:44:28 AM

haha, my first thought was it looked like a boat. But it doesn't seem like there's any water there. So, **shrug**

Rayden · February 12, 2007, 01:13:58 PM

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meinhosen · February 17, 2007, 12:00:35 PM

LOL - Rayden wins. I totally forgot that I posted that while I was in Kuwait.

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Rayden · February 17, 2007, 03:53:14 PM

Hehe, it took me a while to spot it, as from a few kilometres from the air, it's a tiny place not well visible. I had to zoom it down bellow 1000 meters and do a complete linear trace through the whole Mosul area to find it.

meinhosen · February 23, 2007, 08:39:20 AM

I gotta hand it to you guys, those were some interesting responses. My hat's off for the tugboat comment (Cali and Giligone) and the control tower/zoo (Gaston)- I never would have thought of that.

EDIT Oh man, Cabre, I completely missed your post. Close guesses on two counts, and I'd say that it would make a pretty cool museum.
Thanks to Rayden for the sharp eyes.

The following pictures are two of my very favorites.

Enjoy.

Rayden · February 23, 2007, 11:13:55 AM

Quote from: CabraBuitre on February 11, 2007, 11:20:48 AM
My first guess would be a museum.... but then again, it kinda looks like Noah's ark... is it a church?

CabraBuitre's guess was good, if he had missed those ... and the question if it was a church

About those last pictures, children, even on a war zone, looks always fantastic.

Giligone · February 23, 2007, 11:55:51 AM

Those are some great pics. Are either of those you?

Vandy · February 27, 2007, 03:49:16 PM

Hi, Meinhosen.

I must say I was quite interesting in learning what that building was. Noah's Ark Church! How interesting. Did you ever get a chance to go to Mosul?

I love your pictures of the children. As Rayden pointed out, even in a war zone, children are children. Great pictures from a great photographer!

Regards,

Gary