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Any guesses (and yes, it's my image! ;) )
Sooke_San_Juan.jpg
 
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The file name may be a clue??
It might be....
I'm going to guess San Juan Puerto Rico.
Good guess. Incorrect, but a good guess.
I'm going to guess ... Paris, France.
The Seine is higher than normal this year, but... nope.
Not Kansas! I know I am right on that! :biggrin-93:
The first right answer so far. It's NOT Kansas!

It's actually the Sooke Harbour Basin on south-west Vancouver Island. For those of you familiar with the waters of the central/northern Pacific, you'll immediately recognize that this colour is just wrong, but that's what it looks like! There's a bizarre and never seen before algae bloom in the basin, and the water looks like the Caribbean!
 
The file name may be a clue??
It might be....
I'm going to guess San Juan Puerto Rico.
Good guess. Incorrect, but a good guess.
I'm going to guess ... Paris, France.
The Seine is higher than normal this year, but... nope.
Not Kansas! I know I am right on that! :biggrin-93:
The first right answer so far. It's NOT Kansas!

It's actually the Sooke Harbour Basin on south-west Vancouver Island. For those of you familiar with the waters of the central/northern Pacific, you'll immediately recognize that this colour is just wrong, but that's what it looks like! There's a bizarre and never seen before algae bloom in the basin, and the water looks like the Caribbean!

I was gonna guess Sooke Harbour Basin on the south-west Vancouver Island side but you were quick to give it away. I go to the annual Vancouver Island Antique Threshers show every Boxing Day.

Nice image, love the water color.
 
I knew it was a trick! ;) The background landscape looked PNW, but the color of the water was wrong. Knowing that it was your own picture was the biggest clue.
 
I was just freaking clueless. Didn't look like Canada to me. :-)
 
I noticed the water looked funny, but still had no idea where it was. :)
At least it's not blue green algae, that stuff is all over Kansas, and it is really bad.:(
 
The Seine is a very wet place ... as this is also a very wet place ... I thought it could have been one and the same. I have other guesses.
 
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I was gonna guess Sooke Harbour Basin on the south-west Vancouver Island side but you were quick to give it away. I go to the annual Vancouver Island Antique Threshers show every Boxing Day.

Nice image, love the water color.
Thanks!
I knew it was a trick! ;) The background landscape looked PNW, but the color of the water was wrong. Knowing that it was your own picture was the biggest clue.
That's PSW thankyewverymuch! :P
I was just freaking clueless. Didn't look like Canada to me. :)
I shooed away all the polar bears before I took the shot.
I noticed the water looked funny, but still had no idea where it was. :)
At least it's not blue green algae, that stuff is all over Kansas, and it is really bad.:(
Yeah, some of that stuff is scary.. this is just interesting.
that's the opposite side of the Island where ALONE is filmed. At least I think so.
Same side, but way south. They're up around Brooks Peninsula; basically the northern 1/3 of the Island.
 

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