Where Is This?

[Lumatic]

What and where is it? Hint: The town and the state both begin and end with vowels.

[JDS]

Originally Posted by pmclemore

Not enough detail to help you out much, but the water was too cold for me. I made a point not to fall out.

Pat

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

John S.

[Fly at Night]

Originally Posted by pmclemore

Not enough detail to help you out much, but the water was too cold for me. I made a point not to fall out.

Pat

Looks like the same grotto in Sweet Dreams, the Patsy Cline biop.
0:54 to 2:27 (clip below)

So, I'll take a guess. The Winchester/Martinsburg area of W. Virginia?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a52Ogr0TcU

[masseyfarm]

This should be an easy one as lots of clues.

Where Is This? - YouTube

Try to ignore the auto altitude warning?

Dave

[Lumatic]

Originally Posted by masseyfarm

This should be an easy one as lots of clues.
Dave

Bridge on Rt 520 over Lake Washington on the way to Seattle?

[masseyfarm]

You are INCORRECT! Try again.

Dave

Originally Posted by Lumatic

Bridge on Rt 520 over Lake Washington on the way to Seattle?

[Silver Goose]

Originally Posted by masseyfarm

This should be an easy one as lots of clues. ...

One clue I spotted tells me this has to be in Canada...

[masseyfarm]

Yes, #584 is located in Canada on a busy tourist route.

Dave

Originally Posted by Silver Goose

One clue I spotted tells me this has to be in Canada...

[pmclemore]

Originally Posted by JDS

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

John S.

ding ding ding - Correct.

We were hesitant to take our kayaks out, but then we saw others from the overlook and decided it was ok.

It absolutely was - you can paddle into and through some of the caves, but I didn't want to spend too much time in there. Rocks fall, you know.

Pat

[pmclemore]

Originally Posted by masseyfarm

This should be an easy one as lots of clues.

Try to ignore the auto altitude warning?

Dave

If you follow I-81 to its very northern end, this is what I think you'll find.

Pat

[Aage]

#578 looks like the Bay of Fundy. "The Flowerpots".

[masseyfarm]

I will give #584 to you Pat as your instructions are correct. One would have to cross the border to reach this bridge which takes you off Hill Island to the mainland of Ontario. The Ontario highway ID changes to #137 for this stretch that joins with #401 east or west a couple miles north beyond the bridge.
The Thousand Islands Bridge.
http://goo.gl/maps/7g7p4

Just around the corner in the next segment of this video is the location of Quiz #27 earlier in this "Where Is This" thread.


Thousand Islands Bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Dave

Originally Posted by pmclemore

If you follow I-81 to its very northern end, this is what I think you'll find.

Pat

[Lumatic]

Another clue for #581: in 1951 this facility first produced enough electricity to light 4 200 watt light bulbs which was touted as a first.

[Jim Lee]

Originally Posted by Lumatic

What and where is it? Hint: The town and the state both begin and end with vowels.

#581--- Andalusia Alabama?

Ankeny Iowa?

somewhere in Ohio?

[Lumatic]

Not Alabama or Ohio nor even Iowa (although it is closest, but not too)

[Ag&Au]

Experimental Breeder Reactor in Arco Idaho

Experimental Breeder Reactor I - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I'm guessing this is part of the cooling system.

Ken

[Lumatic]

Originally Posted by Ag&Au

Experimental Breeder Reactor in Arco Idaho

Experimental Breeder Reactor I - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I'm guessing this is part of the cooling system.

Ken

Yup EBR-I
Behind the Airstream is a prototype nuclear jet engine that never got off the ground for obvious reasons. That idea was nixed by Eisenhower.

[Ag&Au]

Originally Posted by Lumatic

Yup EBR-I
Behind the Airstream is a prototype nuclear jet engine that never got off the ground for obvious reasons. That idea was nixed by Eisenhower.

If I expand the original picture in of the jet engine in 581 to its highest resolution, the top of it appears to be some foaming liquid like soaps suds. What is it really?

Ken

[Lumatic]

Originally Posted by Ag&Au

If I expand the original picture in of the jet engine in 581 to its highest resolution, the top of it appears to be some foaming liquid like soaps suds. What is it really?

Ken

Beer?

[Lumatic]

I did a little research and could not find beer or other foam as a waste product of breeder reactors. This is what I found:

Most nuclear powerplants are not breeder reactors. Breeder reactors could, in principle, extract almost all of the energy contained in uranium or thorium, decreasing fuel requirements by a factor of 100 compared to traditional once-through light water reactors. Conventional Light Water Reactors extract less than 1% of the energy in the uranium mined from the earth.[5] The high fuel efficiency of breeder reactors could greatly dampen concerns about fuel supply or energy used in mining. Adherents claim that with seawater uranium extraction, there would be enough fuel for breeder reactors to satisfy our energy needs for as long as the current relationship between the sun and Earth persists, about 5 billion years at the current energy consumption rate (thus making nuclear energy as sustainable in fuel availability terms as solar or wind renewable energy).[6][7]