L. Marcus Posted March 18, 2013 Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 Goredale Scar is a real location that is (perhaps) fantasy. Some say it's Tolkien's inspiration for Rivendell - to get this, you have to think of the description of the dwarves' route in The Hobbit. [ATTACH=CONFIG]n44545[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]n44546[/ATTACH] Gordale Scar is just a few kilometres from Malham Cove, a natural limestone ampitheatre with a limestone pavement above it. Imagine it stretched out over hundreds of miles, and I think you have Kal Turak's Wall from The Turakian Age. [ATTACH=CONFIG]n44547[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]n44548[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]n44549[/ATTACH] (Edit: There is some oddness in the way this post appears to me, which I attribute to the ongoing forum issues. If the photos don;t appear, click the links and they'll appear. Simon is doing an awesome job, but no one can work miracles, however close he comes to it.) Yar, same here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 23, 2013 Report Share Posted March 23, 2013 That Na Pali pic is seriously squashed horizontally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted March 31, 2013 Report Share Posted March 31, 2013 I don't remember if this has been posted already. link bigbywolfe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted March 31, 2013 Report Share Posted March 31, 2013 And this: link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmjalund Posted March 31, 2013 Report Share Posted March 31, 2013 I don't remember if this has been posted already. link can't imagine why #1 was abandonned! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 31, 2013 Report Share Posted March 31, 2013 I don't remember if this has been posted already. link Hands up, anyone who would want to try an assault on #21! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndianaJoe3 Posted March 31, 2013 Report Share Posted March 31, 2013 I don't remember if this has been posted already. link #1 is an art installation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_of_the_Abyss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Long Posted March 31, 2013 Report Share Posted March 31, 2013 For those of you who are on Facebook I'll put in another plug for my "Wanderings In The Fantastic World" page, which provides not only pics of real-world locations that should be Fantasy, but inspirational captions for them as well, each and every day! https://www.facebook.com/WanderingsInTheFantasticWorld?fref=ts Christopher R Taylor and bigbywolfe 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 31, 2013 Report Share Posted March 31, 2013 For those of you who are on Facebook I'll put in another plug for my "Wanderings In The Fantastic World" page, which provides not only pics of real-world locations that should be Fantasy, but inspirational captions for them as well, each and every day! https://www.facebook.com/WanderingsInTheFantasticWorld?fref=ts And once in a blue moon, the village actually has an inn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 Puebloan cliff dwellings, Mesa Verde, Colorado. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted April 27, 2013 Report Share Posted April 27, 2013 Puebloan cliff dwellings, Mesa Verde, Colorado. Nice find! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostDancer Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 1920s Mongolia, which also works for Pulp games, natch. Read Beasts, Men and Gods by Ferdinand Ossendowski. Once I picked it up, I did not put it down until it was finished.. Adventure, revolution, politics, spies, travel, eastern religions, geology, survival are just a short list of items covered in this compelling book. -Robert Ferguson, February 18, 2009 After Kolchak's defeat in 1920, Ossendowski joined a group of Poles and White Russians trying to escape from communist-controlled Siberia to India through Mongolia, China and Tibet. After a journey of several thousand miles the group reached Chinese-controlled Mongolia, only to be stopped there by the take-over of the country led by mysterious Baron Roman Ungern von Sternberg. The Baron was a mystic who was fascinated by the beliefs and religions of the Far East such as Buddhism and Lamaism, and who believed himself to be a reincarnation of Kangchendzönga, the Mongolian god of war. Ungern-Sternberg's philosophy was an exceptionally muddled mixture of Russian nationalism with Chinese and Mongol beliefs. However he also proved to be an exceptional military commander and his forces grew rapidly. Ossendowski joined the baron's army as a commanding officer of one of the self-defense troops. He also briefly became Ungern von Sternberg's political advisor and chief of intelligence. Little is known of his service at the latter post, which adds to Ossendowski's legend as a mysterious person. In late 1920 he was sent with a diplomatic mission to Japan and then the USA, never to return to Mongolia. Some writers believe that Ossendowski was one of the people who hid the semi-mythical treasures of the Bloody Baron. After his arrival to New York, Ossendowski started to work for the Polish diplomatic service and possibly as a spy. At the same time, in late 1921 he published his first English language book: Beasts, Men and Gods. The novel, a description of his travels during the Russian Civil War and the wars led by the Bloody Baron, became a striking success and a best-seller. In 1923 it was translated into Polish and then into several other languages. Check out the fascinating section and chapter titles- PART I. DRAWING LOTS WITH DEATH CHAPTER I. INTO THE FORESTS II. THE SECRET OF MY FELLOW TRAVELER III. THE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE IV. A FISHERMAN V. A DANGEROUS NEIGHBOR VI. A RIVER IN TRAVAIL VII. THROUGH SOVIET SIBERIA VIII. THREE DAYS ON THE EDGE OF A PRECIPICE IX. TO THE SAYANS AND SAFETY X. THE BATTLE OF THE SEYBI XI. THE BARRIER OF RED PARTISANS XII. IN THE COUNTRY OF ETERNAL PEACE XIII. MYSTERIES, MIRACLES AND A NEW FIGHT XIV. THE RIVER OF THE DEVIL XV. THE MARCH OF GHOSTS XVI. IN MYSTERIOUS TIBET PART II. THE LAND OF DEMONS XVII. MYSTERIOUS MONGOLIA XVIII. THE MYSTERIOUS LAMA AVENGER XIX. WILD CHAHARS XX. THE DEMON OF JAGISSTAI XXI. THE NEST OF DEATH XXII. AMONG THE MURDERERS XXIII. ON A VOLCANO XXIV. A BLOODY CHASTISEMENT XXV. HARASSING DAYS XXVI. THE BAND OF WHITE HUNGHUTZES XXVII. MYSTERY IN A SMALL TEMPLE XXVIII. THE BREATH OF DEATH PART III. THE STRAINING HEART OF ASIA XXIX. ON THE ROAD OF GREAT CONQUERORS XXX. ARRESTED! XXXI. TRAVELING BY "URGA" XXXII. AN OLD FORTUNE TELLER XXXIII. "DEATH FROM THE WHITE MAN WILL STAND BEHIND YOU" XXXIV. THE HORROR OF WAR! XXXV. IN THE CITY OF LIVING GODS, 30,000 BUDDHAS AND 60,000 MONKS XXXVI. A SON OF CRUSADERS AND PRIVATEERS XXXVII. THE CAMP OF MARTYRS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted October 25, 2013 Report Share Posted October 25, 2013 Lapporten -- the Sami Gate. I think it's sunset ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 Sorry for the necro, but there's no more appropriate place to post this find (and this thread is too cool to let languish). The Tiger's Nest Buddhist monastery, Paro Valley, Bhutan: Much larger and more detailed image here: http://images.summitpost.org/original/359162.JPG L. Marcus, tkdguy, SteelCold and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted August 5, 2014 Report Share Posted August 5, 2014 HOW did they build a monastery on a narrow ledge on a cliff?? Lucius Alexander The palindromedary is telling me WHY they built a monastery on a narrow ledge on a cliff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 Verrrrrry carefully? It actually looks like it was built on three separate ledges, rising like stairs. The resulting structures are connected, upper level of one to lower level of the next. bigbywolfe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 I'm not sure what these things are supposed to be. There's also this house. Lord Liaden 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 I'm not sure what these things are supposed to be. There's also this house. Those do reinforce the impression that folks in the Balkans are a little crazy, don't they? And that house is deliciously creepy. Looks like it was built by a macabre Elf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted August 7, 2014 Report Share Posted August 7, 2014 More Yugoslav structures, along with some background info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted August 7, 2014 Report Share Posted August 7, 2014 Some of those would work really well as artifacts of an alien civilization in a sci-fi setting. They don't look like they reflect human design priorities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted August 7, 2014 Report Share Posted August 7, 2014 The library at a wizard's college, perhaps? Not just any old house... Old houses in Iran Shadowsoul 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmjalund Posted August 7, 2014 Report Share Posted August 7, 2014 Not just any old house... Yabba dabba doo! tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted August 9, 2014 Report Share Posted August 9, 2014 Old houses in Iran I'm pretty sure those aren't in Iran. The "fairy chimneys" of the Cappadocia region of Turkey, and the houses people have made from some of them, are world famous. I recommend doing a Search for "Cappadocia fairy chimneys." There are many images, and they're quite stunning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted August 9, 2014 Report Share Posted August 9, 2014 The ones I posted actually are in Kandovan, Iran. They are similar to the structures in Cappadocia, though not as ancient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 Lots of photos, so I'll just post the links. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Balancing_Rocks_in_Matopos_National_Park.jpg/1024px-Balancing_Rocks_in_Matopos_National_Park.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Desfiladero_C_Encantada.jpg/640px-Desfiladero_C_Encantada.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Her%C3%B0ubrei%C3%B0-Iceland-2.jpg/1280px-Her%C3%B0ubrei%C3%B0-Iceland-2.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Kukenan_Tepuy_at_Sunset.jpg/1280px-Kukenan_Tepuy_at_Sunset.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/Devilsteatable.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Yamnuska_bottom_cliff.jpg/640px-Yamnuska_bottom_cliff.jpg http://1hdwallpapers.com/wallpapers/mountain_cove.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/SantaCruz-CerroTorre-FitzRoyP2140126b-closeup.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Costa_rica_santa_elena_skywalk.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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