Imagine being Trey watching this thinking ‘haha look at him searching everywhere and getting nowhere’ only to be found because of a fucking blurry sign behind you 😂😂😂
Trey’s photo… he figures out where it is and starts zooming in and goes “I thiiiiiink we’re… here!” And drops the man there we are right in front of the sign and that angled sign off to the right of the photo, too. That was unreal, cool to see.
@@nitro2199 There's not really anything to get. Todger is a silly English name for a penis, so that's funny, but otherwise it's just a funny sounding name. Which also means Penis Servant.
This is mad. I was visiting Las Vegas from the UK for work over the last three weeks and just so happened to drive down that road in Boulder City only a few days ago whilst we took a trip to the Hoover Dam. What a coincidence lol.
I have been playing Fallout New Vegas recently and just visited the Hoover Dam, so i thought, wouldn't it be funny if this was next to the Hoover Dam, and then bam!
For Tasmanians and people of Hobart this is a VERY well known spot, you'd have found it ultimately I think. It's right next to the summit of Mount Wellington which overlooks Hobart and is like, THE summit to drive to if you're visiting the area coz it's so easily accessible.
As soon as it came up I had a weird feeling I'd been there, turns out I had! (I'm from Sydney, went to Hobart for the first time a couple of years ago)
Was Born in Hobart, don’t ever remember it.. moved to vic when I was 5 but and have only been back a few times. I only remember the cliff sides of dodges ferry
Most likely a 'free to roam' country such as Austria, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Norway, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland etc. My money is on straight line across southern Sweden.
I live in Melbourne, closest mainland city to Tasmania. When you first brought up that first image I immediately got southern Australia coastal vibes. Weird how vibes are so often right!
Right when you showed the second picture and went to lake Mead I was like oh this one will be quick... Followed by me screaming "it's lake Mead" for the next 10 minutes at my screen 🤣. One of those lakes once you've seen it once in person, it's unmistakable.
"Is this the only sign of its kind in the whole of America?" There's actually two on that stretch of road. The Google search showed the "do not leave pets in parked vehicles" sign, but you correctly placed him at the "do not leave children parked vehicles" one that is next to the map.
maybe best content for this genre, but there are other genres, so if you like watching an Englishman almost single handedly rebuilding a 100 year old French chateau that burnt down 40 years ago, (with really good cinematography) then you could watch '@EscapeToRuralFrance', and you might think that's the best content, or if you like to watch an Irish man renovate an old French Town House, then '@DublinVanLife' might be more your thing, or if you like watching a Scottish man learn new skills, then try '@MikeBoyd'. clearly people are different and like different things. (building a 5 acre bass pond in Alabama - '@BamaBass', review of every Aston Villa football game '@VillaOnTour', one man and two collies running a marathon every single morning for over a year - '@MyCrazyCollies', etc, etc)
I’m working on a time sensitive project for my job at the moment. Unfortunately for my boss, I had to let him know I’m stepping away for 25 minutes and 44 seconds. I told him I’m searching for missing loved ones and will have their location shortly.
Wow. I've been waiting for you to accept more submissions because I had a perfect picture but its the exact same spot as Todge's (other side of the mountain though). Glad to see it took you on bit of a wild goose chase for awhile.
That's funny, cos just two days ago me and a couple of people had a chat under one of Zigzag's videos that Tasmania could be a cool spot for a straight line mission. We were talking about what SLM Zigzag could do. And here you mention the same thing. I even suggested that Hobart to Devonport might be doable, though it's 200km.
I am honored to say I was one of those people, and Tom should def think for a straight line mission in Australia. I think Cape York Peninsula makes more sense since it's mostly flat but I don't know about the fauna there.
You would be surprised at how tricky a straight line mission in Tasmania would be. So much of the scrub is impenetrable. There's a plant that's actually called 'Horizontal' which slows you right down, and can result in you hopping from branch to branch a few metres in the air. There's also dense alpine scrub in some areas - species like wiry baeura, scoparia, tea tree, hakea, cutting grass, can make for an extremely unpleasant time. You would get some nice open areas though, so maybe it's doable haha.If you went up the midlands somehow, that would be possible. But I would be steering clear of the southwest and much of the World Heritage Area.
@@LucasChamberlain This being Australia, I wouldn't be surprised if there was a plant there called "pull right back" or even "grab and pull underground"
The best way to learn something from the Internet is to state something incorrect and then leave the comments section on, as evidenced by the number of people jumping over themselves to tell you what kind of car it actually is 😂
Have to say, my instant feeling with Todge was "Coastal Australia" as the foliage resembles that found on both Kangaroo Island and at Cape Leeuwin, WA. Tasmania was still suprising though!
I stopped at 22mins. to write my guess for the second one. It looks like Hwy.395 at Mono Lake, California. I think the building in the background is the visitors center. Now I'll finish watching and see if I got it.
I got into these late (typically watch geo guesser stuff and the travel stuff) and have gone back and watched the other ones, these have quickly become a fave :) keep it up lad!
It always seems impossible that he’s going to get it and then he comes across it while googling turkey even though it’s in tasmania 😂. Tom is living proof of the saying “Genius is 1% inspiration 99% perspiration”
I´m just full of admiration for all the time and effort you put into this series! I can´t really imagine the amount of grinding you go through! I bow in respect for all the places you did find, and I find it really hard to blame you on the rest.
I googled concrete radio spire and found it in a few seconds, finally found something faster than Tom. Great video as always! Look forward to the mission!
He puts so much time into everything he does! I know first hand just how much editing this stuff takes but he really does put in the hours in all round
@24:19 you can also see the square plate about where your > on the road is, 1 step to te right, there is a plate with info looks like, and also in original picture.
I would thoroughly enjoy a straight line mission in Tasmania. I love the state and it's magnificent scenery. BUT. You would be surprised at how tricky a straight line mission in Tasmania would be. So much of the scrub is impenetrable. There's a plant that's actually called 'Horizontal' which slows you right down, and can result in you hopping from branch to branch a few metres in the air. There's also dense alpine scrub in some areas - species like wiry baeura, scoparia, tea tree, hakea, cutting grass, can make for an extremely unpleasant time. I've done plenty of off track bashing in Tassie, and it's pretty draining. You would get some nice open areas though, so maybe it's doable haha. If you went up the midlands somehow, that would be possible. But you get lots of private covenant and farmland there. I would be steering clear of the southwest and much of the World Heritage Area if possible, despite the freedom to travel anywhere in those reserves.
I love the standard geoguessr, thoroughly enjoy the straight line missions, but this has quickly become possibly my favorite series of yours. Know you wont see it, but ill comment for the algo. My favorite youtube channel for years now.
What's with calling it Hobar Tom? It's a hard T. Mt Wellington where he mast is is a great place to visit. the wind up there is hectic at times and the access road is frequently closed due to icing up. Indeed epic views of Hobart.
That particular design for a "Heat Kills" sign seems to be unique to Boulder City, but there are a few of them around the town, including one maybe 100m along that same road from the one you put the marker down by.
I've watched every episode of this over the last couple weeks after finding GW. I'm really sad that this is my final one (the actual current final one was the first one RUclips algo provided me). I can't wait for more.
interesting to see just how quickly you can find people based on searches and google earth...kinda says don't photograph yourself doing things(good or bad) and post it on the internet because a reasonably determined party can find you ...or your kids ..or your property very very easily. Thanks for sharing
The satellite dishes are usually pointed at geostationary satellites positioned over the equator, no? So the angle they are aimed off of the ground is the compliment of the latitude.
Thank you for another great episode! I recognized Lake Mead immediately because I have been at the exact same spot and taken a picture. I didn't remember exactly where it was (I knew it was in Boulder City) and about a year ago I went through the exact same exercise in pinpointing the location.
Lake Mead, yup I instantly called that. I do this myself sometimes for fun.... never thought it would be this popular. I feel I'm getting pretty good now and a lot of these are too easy, tho I have been training by watching all your videos. LittleHampton one I got instantly too, it's hard to explain but it seems to be subconscious photogenic memory kicking in. More GEO D Chief please
When you first visited Lake Mead I instantly realized, it is the right spot. And that was your first pick, crazy. Then you decided to leave, and I was like 'Nooo, Tom, noo, you've found it, don't leave!' :D Glad you were back sooner than I thought, thanks to the sign.
While I love your straight line and other adventure videos, watching this video from Boulder City, Nevada gave me the most excitement out of any of your vids
I grew up in Boulder City, NV and I instantly recognized that picture's location and I was frustrated watching you look at other lakes before finishing Lake Mead, lol. BTW, the raised dot centerline and lane dividers that you called "cats eyes" are called Bott's Dots, and they are only used in snow-free areas of Alabama, California, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, Georgia, Washington, and Texas (a snow plow will rip them off the road). There are a few states that use them during summer road construction, and California is rapidly replacing to have painted lane divider lines plus Bott's Dots on top of the painted lines, so Arizona was never an option and if the picture was recent, neither was California. If you knew that fact, nor was even bothering to check Lake Tahoe. Hope that trivia fact helps sometime in a future video.
What would have helped you witht he first one, was the plants. I recognised them straight away as I lived in Australia a few years. Maybe Hebes? The rest of your search was brilliant.
Nice one! Honestly, thanks for the reminder to give you a like. I usually forget and don't mind the casual mention at the end.. Good luck on the mission!
Tom you should look at some images of Lake Tahoe. Its one of the most beautiful places ive ever seen. Massive mountains and ski resorts surrounding a crystal clear lake.
I'm sure literally thousands of comments say the same thing.. but I love your knowledge and research skills, and find this video series captivating... thank you!
Excellent work on #2, I knew right away it was Lake Mead taken from the Boulder City area but it would have taken me far longer to find the exact location.
my mind immediately jumped to australia, because the strange plants somehow reminded me of the great barrier reef :D and that's how you can solve any riddle with nothing but utter cluelessness.
2:47 in and I am pretty sure I know where the first one is. Looks like the radio tower on top of Mount Wellington, which overlooks Hobart, Tasmania. Let's see if I'm right.
I haven't watched to the point where you find what the tower is yet but it looks like Post Master General Tower at the Top Mount Wellington. Might have to skip ahead now though as the suspense is killing me!
I think you only get those kind of road markings instead of lines in Nevada. Could instantly tell it was Lake Mead but I couldn't place it, got confused by the lens too.
As a Vegas resident, I was able to spot Lake Meade in an instant, so I was surprised that you went away from it after your initial hunch and started second guessing myself.
What's crazy is, about 6-8 months ago I was watching the shrinking water levels in Lake Mead, and the bodies appearing in barrels etc, on RUclips. I saw this picture of the guys and the car, and the voice in the back of my head said "that's lake mead" and I dismissed it. Like how could it be. How can someone in Australia watch 4 or 5 videos about bodies appearing in a lake, see it from a distant shot and know what it was. Turns out I was right. It's amazing the details and the information your brain can store and recall when you last expect it.
Having grown up in Hobart, I thought this looked familiar! The top of Mount Wellington (where I proposed to my wife), but there's more interesting views looking the other way!
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Imagine being Trey watching this thinking ‘haha look at him searching everywhere and getting nowhere’ only to be found because of a fucking blurry sign behind you 😂😂😂
I found it in 2 seconds, that was way too easy.
@@Vertical-sandwichesNo one cares Karl
@KarlPilkington89 your heads shaped like a fucking orange
I care@@Lavassin if that is your real name.
@@Vertical-sandwiches so you got both of them in 4 seconds? impressive
Trey’s photo… he figures out where it is and starts zooming in and goes “I thiiiiiink we’re… here!” And drops the man there we are right in front of the sign and that angled sign off to the right of the photo, too. That was unreal, cool to see.
Calling him a Devil was a lovely subtle nod to Tasmania. Great work
The car in Trey's photo is a Dodge Challenger RT...the more you know, lol keep it coming Tom!
he did get the shitty american car part correct though. one shitty american car is just like any other shitty american car.
I immediately said 'it's a Dodge' and had to come and check the comments to see if I was right. Quite pleased with myself for getting it right. :)
lol it literally says it on the side
I bout lost it when he said mustang 🤣
Then again I have autistic levels of car knowledge so I can't fault others for not knowing the same lol
@@tomu2858 where did American car touch you?
Todge Butler is hilarious. If nothing else, this entire series has been worth it for that name.
I don't get it.
@@nitro2199 There's not really anything to get. Todger is a silly English name for a penis, so that's funny, but otherwise it's just a funny sounding name. Which also means Penis Servant.
@@nitro2199 I dont get it either
Named after the Butler's todger ... you may have to be British and be sufficiently juvenile in order to "get it", luckily I'm both
haha that made me laugh too. Todge Butler, Butt Todger
This is mad. I was visiting Las Vegas from the UK for work over the last three weeks and just so happened to drive down that road in Boulder City only a few days ago whilst we took a trip to the Hoover Dam. What a coincidence lol.
THEY SEE EVERYTHING. You are not safe from their eyes
I have been playing Fallout New Vegas recently and just visited the Hoover Dam, so i thought, wouldn't it be funny if this was next to the Hoover Dam, and then bam!
When you first went to Lake Mead I could see you were right on the money, then left. It killed me lol.
Yeah as a Vegas local I was like "... No no, stick with lake mead".. Unless it was lake Roosevelt from that other video tricking me again lol.
me too. and he never mentioned the other sign near the guy's hat. looks like a viewpoint
Or maybe he knew it already, but for the purpose of the video he wanted to make it longer? 🤔
I thought the same thing, I actually paused the video and went on Google Earth to check and the little island in the back matched perfectly haha..
For Tasmanians and people of Hobart this is a VERY well known spot, you'd have found it ultimately I think. It's right next to the summit of Mount Wellington which overlooks Hobart and is like, THE summit to drive to if you're visiting the area coz it's so easily accessible.
Yes, recognised it straight away, mostly the terrain
As soon as it came up I had a weird feeling I'd been there, turns out I had! (I'm from Sydney, went to Hobart for the first time a couple of years ago)
As a Hobartian I recognised it instantly :)
Was Born in Hobart, don’t ever remember it.. moved to vic when I was 5 but and have only been back a few times. I only remember the cliff sides of dodges ferry
Also a local. Also immediately recognised it- from the vegetation. And then by the tower.
When I saw the first one and Tom said the foliage looked alien, my immediate thought was "it does? Seems pretty familiar to me" and now I know why.
no joke i just googled concrete radio tower hike and found it, mount wellington
bruh, that was pretty easy lol
I just did the same thing
hahaha same!
9th image result searching that haha
I did the same, the sad part is my Sister lives in Hobart and I've been there many time, but I've never been to the top of Mt. Wellington.
"no wonder it looks alien.. it's Tasmania"
As a Melbournian, I approve this message 😂
booo
Excited for the upcoming straight line mission... Scotland attempt 2 possibly?
it’s russia
Most likely a 'free to roam' country such as Austria, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Norway, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland etc. My money is on straight line across southern Sweden.
If you subscribe to the patron, you'd know all of straight line missions happening
I don't think Austria is possible, the West is way too mountainous and the east too big and populated. @@AlanHoey86
@@CaptainHoratioPugwash thank google copypaste
I live in Melbourne, closest mainland city to Tasmania. When you first brought up that first image I immediately got southern Australia coastal vibes. Weird how vibes are so often right!
Right when you showed the second picture and went to lake Mead I was like oh this one will be quick... Followed by me screaming "it's lake Mead" for the next 10 minutes at my screen 🤣. One of those lakes once you've seen it once in person, it's unmistakable.
yeah, Lake Mead is THE LAKE for those water lines on the rocks as well. Insane how he mentioned that and then just didn’t think about it.
That shouting you were hearing was me saying, "Tom, stick with Lake Mead--that photo was taken not far from Hoover Dam!"
"Is this the only sign of its kind in the whole of America?"
There's actually two on that stretch of road. The Google search showed the "do not leave pets in parked vehicles" sign, but you correctly placed him at the "do not leave children parked vehicles" one that is next to the map.
This is definitely my favorite series of yours, always just amazed how you suss these locations out.
Best content on RUclips -- uncontested. So unique, genuine, and relaxing. Keep it up Tom! (also best of luck on the mission mate)
I couldn't agree more. He has also been a huge inspiration for me and many others. I know I wouldn't have started my channel without him 😊
maybe best content for this genre, but there are other genres, so if you like watching an Englishman almost single handedly rebuilding a 100 year old French chateau that burnt down 40 years ago, (with really good cinematography) then you could watch '@EscapeToRuralFrance', and you might think that's the best content, or if you like to watch an Irish man renovate an old French Town House, then '@DublinVanLife' might be more your thing, or if you like watching a Scottish man learn new skills, then try '@MikeBoyd'. clearly people are different and like different things. (building a 5 acre bass pond in Alabama - '@BamaBass', review of every Aston Villa football game '@VillaOnTour', one man and two collies running a marathon every single morning for over a year - '@MyCrazyCollies', etc, etc)
I’m working on a time sensitive project for my job at the moment. Unfortunately for my boss, I had to let him know I’m stepping away for 25 minutes and 44 seconds. I told him I’m searching for missing loved ones and will have their location shortly.
Wow. I've been waiting for you to accept more submissions because I had a perfect picture but its the exact same spot as Todge's (other side of the mountain though). Glad to see it took you on bit of a wild goose chase for awhile.
That terrain is instantly recognisable to Tasmanians. Drove up the mountain all the time to play in the snow as a kid.
It's just that there are very few Tasmanians in the world... :D
As a Melbournian I immediately thought Great Ocean road when I saw the scrub, so not too far off 😂
That's funny, cos just two days ago me and a couple of people had a chat under one of Zigzag's videos that Tasmania could be a cool spot for a straight line mission. We were talking about what SLM Zigzag could do. And here you mention the same thing. I even suggested that Hobart to Devonport might be doable, though it's 200km.
I am honored to say I was one of those people, and Tom should def think for a straight line mission in Australia. I think Cape York Peninsula makes more sense since it's mostly flat but I don't know about the fauna there.
You would be surprised at how tricky a straight line mission in Tasmania would be. So much of the scrub is impenetrable. There's a plant that's actually called 'Horizontal' which slows you right down, and can result in you hopping from branch to branch a few metres in the air. There's also dense alpine scrub in some areas - species like wiry baeura, scoparia, tea tree, hakea, cutting grass, can make for an extremely unpleasant time.
You would get some nice open areas though, so maybe it's doable haha.If you went up the midlands somehow, that would be possible. But I would be steering clear of the southwest and much of the World Heritage Area.
@@LucasChamberlain This being Australia, I wouldn't be surprised if there was a plant there called "pull right back" or even "grab and pull underground"
The best way to learn something from the Internet is to state something incorrect and then leave the comments section on, as evidenced by the number of people jumping over themselves to tell you what kind of car it actually is 😂
That is the power that community notes acutally harvests now on Twixer. Not a bad idea.
Also a brilliant way to please the algorithm by the flood of comments 😆
Cunningham's Law never fails!
@@durabelleI think Jay Foreman on one of his Map Men videos mentioned getting details intentionally wrong to make people comment/discuss the topic.
@@evanever I'm not surprised. Then again Jay Foreman says many things definitely not true for just an added comedic value too when it suits him 😁
More and more geo detective, let's go!
Cut the straight line crap this is what the people want
Have to say, my instant feeling with Todge was "Coastal Australia" as the foliage resembles that found on both Kangaroo Island and at Cape Leeuwin, WA. Tasmania was still suprising though!
Love the little sped up montages of you searching with the local music over it
Awesome!!! ❤ I knew it would be Tassie straight away looking at the foliage/bushes.
Great episode - with love from Tasmania
22:28 - RIGHT ON! BTW, The Dodge Challenger is the same car Walter White burned in Breaking Bad.
I love playing along with these and my first search was "tall concrete monument on mountain". Boom! Page one.
I stopped at 22mins. to write my guess for the second one. It looks like Hwy.395 at Mono Lake, California. I think the building in the background is the visitors center.
Now I'll finish watching and see if I got it.
Never say never Tom! A straight line in Tasmania would be awesome! I am sure you would find a sponsor! ;)
I got into these late (typically watch geo guesser stuff and the travel stuff) and have gone back and watched the other ones, these have quickly become a fave :) keep it up lad!
It always seems impossible that he’s going to get it and then he comes across it while googling turkey even though it’s in tasmania 😂. Tom is living proof of the saying “Genius is 1% inspiration 99% perspiration”
I´m just full of admiration for all the time and effort you put into this series! I can´t really imagine the amount of grinding you go through! I bow in respect for all the places you did find, and I find it really hard to blame you on the rest.
Thanks to all of the media coverage and youtube videos last year, I instantly was 100% sure that was Lake Mead or one of the adjacent reservoirs.
I love these detective videos, and I can't wait for the coming straight line mission. You're the best Tom!
6:03 was on that tower about 15 years ago. My aunt even lives almost right next to it. Great Video keep it up! (Not a Mustang, a Challenger mate)
I googled concrete radio spire and found it in a few seconds, finally found something faster than Tom. Great video as always! Look forward to the mission!
Its very impressive watching this Tom. Great content between straight line missions etc.
He puts so much time into everything he does! I know first hand just how much editing this stuff takes but he really does put in the hours in all round
Omg I cant wait for the straight liner! It has become my favorite series of all time on YT👌
@24:19 you can also see the square plate about where your > on the road is, 1 step to te right, there is a plate with info looks like, and also in original picture.
I would thoroughly enjoy a straight line mission in Tasmania. I love the state and it's magnificent scenery.
BUT.
You would be surprised at how tricky a straight line mission in Tasmania would be. So much of the scrub is impenetrable. There's a plant that's actually called 'Horizontal' which slows you right down, and can result in you hopping from branch to branch a few metres in the air. There's also dense alpine scrub in some areas - species like wiry baeura, scoparia, tea tree, hakea, cutting grass, can make for an extremely unpleasant time. I've done plenty of off track bashing in Tassie, and it's pretty draining.
You would get some nice open areas though, so maybe it's doable haha. If you went up the midlands somehow, that would be possible. But you get lots of private covenant and farmland there. I would be steering clear of the southwest and much of the World Heritage Area if possible, despite the freedom to travel anywhere in those reserves.
Oh hey, I subscribed to you a few years back for bushwalk videos. Definitely a reputable source on the difficulty of Tasmanian terrain, haha.
Ok. The Tasmanian Devil quip won you a thumbs up. Love these detective episodes. Worthy of a comment for the engagement algo.
Love this series...actually Tasmania has a similar climate than Spain so you werent far off in your guess
I love the standard geoguessr, thoroughly enjoy the straight line missions, but this has quickly become possibly my favorite series of yours. Know you wont see it, but ill comment for the algo. My favorite youtube channel for years now.
Great Video. One other thing that could of been used in the first image (maybe) satellite dishes will face towards the direction of the equator
Interesting... the more you know !
Can really help when playing Geoguessr@@cpzmelbs
What's with calling it Hobar Tom? It's a hard T. Mt Wellington where he mast is is a great place to visit. the wind up there is hectic at times and the access road is frequently closed due to icing up. Indeed epic views of Hobart.
Bahahahah, a straight line challenge in Tassie. Cannot wait to see that.
Absolutely terrific. On the second one my first blush guess was Lake Powell but using the sign was a great move!
That particular design for a "Heat Kills" sign seems to be unique to Boulder City, but there are a few of them around the town, including one maybe 100m along that same road from the one you put the marker down by.
I've watched every episode of this over the last couple weeks after finding GW. I'm really sad that this is my final one (the actual current final one was the first one RUclips algo provided me). I can't wait for more.
I knew that was Lake Mead immediately - it's such an iconic view on the road to the Hoover Dam - that blue blue blue water with those hills around it.
Well done! This is the first of your search videos I have seen.
Love these vids, the search and finding is so good.
Excellent video. So happy to see another one of these so soon. Huge good luck on the straight line mission you're attempting currently!
interesting to see just how quickly you can find people based on searches and google earth...kinda says don't photograph yourself doing things(good or bad) and post it on the internet because a reasonably determined party can find you ...or your kids ..or your property very very easily.
Thanks for sharing
The satellite dishes are usually pointed at geostationary satellites positioned over the equator, no? So the angle they are aimed off of the ground is the compliment of the latitude.
Thank you for another great episode!
I recognized Lake Mead immediately because I have been at the exact same spot and taken a picture. I didn't remember exactly where it was (I knew it was in Boulder City) and about a year ago I went through the exact same exercise in pinpointing the location.
Crazy that it ended up being your first instinct on the second photo! great work!
Lake Mead, yup I instantly called that. I do this myself sometimes for fun.... never thought it would be this popular. I feel I'm getting pretty good now and a lot of these are too easy, tho I have been training by watching all your videos. LittleHampton one I got instantly too, it's hard to explain but it seems to be subconscious photogenic memory kicking in. More GEO D Chief please
When you first visited Lake Mead I instantly realized, it is the right spot. And that was your first pick, crazy. Then you decided to leave, and I was like 'Nooo, Tom, noo, you've found it, don't leave!' :D
Glad you were back sooner than I thought, thanks to the sign.
"Todge Butler must be a local Tasmanian... the little devil" hehe I see what you did there.
While I love your straight line and other adventure videos, watching this video from Boulder City, Nevada gave me the most excitement out of any of your vids
within a minute. I reckon that is north scotland, one of the islands. Looks like unflowered gorse to me
I grew up in Boulder City, NV and I instantly recognized that picture's location and I was frustrated watching you look at other lakes before finishing Lake Mead, lol. BTW, the raised dot centerline and lane dividers that you called "cats eyes" are called Bott's Dots, and they are only used in snow-free areas of Alabama, California, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, Georgia, Washington, and Texas (a snow plow will rip them off the road). There are a few states that use them during summer road construction, and California is rapidly replacing to have painted lane divider lines plus Bott's Dots on top of the painted lines, so Arizona was never an option and if the picture was recent, neither was California. If you knew that fact, nor was even bothering to check Lake Tahoe. Hope that trivia fact helps sometime in a future video.
Took me a second to get your double meaning with the word 'posers'. Nicely done!
I called the lake mead one right away!!! Pretty recognizable for anyone who has been there. Love your vids.
What would have helped you witht he first one, was the plants. I recognised them straight away as I lived in Australia a few years. Maybe Hebes? The rest of your search was brilliant.
Nice one!
Honestly, thanks for the reminder to give you a like. I usually forget and don't mind the casual mention at the end..
Good luck on the mission!
Tom you should look at some images of Lake Tahoe. Its one of the most beautiful places ive ever seen. Massive mountains and ski resorts surrounding a crystal clear lake.
youre the only person that I consistently watch! Thank you for your content
We could all do with subscribers like you... 😉
Tom, I found Great Aunt's Painting at Pont Neuf, Paris. It was actually very accurate! Just want you to be able to update your spreadsheet. :)
One of the best series on yt
I'm sure literally thousands of comments say the same thing.. but I love your knowledge and research skills, and find this video series captivating... thank you!
Keep the classic GeoDetective coming 🔥
Excellent work on #2, I knew right away it was Lake Mead taken from the Boulder City area but it would have taken me far longer to find the exact location.
my mind immediately jumped to australia, because the strange plants somehow reminded me of the great barrier reef :D and that's how you can solve any riddle with nothing but utter cluelessness.
love the new logo!
Emley representing! Love the vids Tom
Omg Tom, you have no idea how much I enjoy these videos, keep it up!
2:47 in and I am pretty sure I know where the first one is. Looks like the radio tower on top of Mount Wellington, which overlooks Hobart, Tasmania. Let's see if I'm right.
Straight line mission across Australia would be epic!
Epic? Legend.... Wait for it.... ary!
Didn't go so well for Burke and Wills.
I just knew it was lake Mead! Have been to the hoover dam and the water level drop was so close to this one!
0:55 before I watch the video... That has to be Lake Mead, no?
Yep. That staining on the shore/walls gives it away.
Proud to say I thought it was Tasmania from the get go. Those pushes are really common on the southern end of Australia
I haven't watched to the point where you find what the tower is yet but it looks like Post Master General Tower at the Top Mount Wellington. Might have to skip ahead now though as the suspense is killing me!
Anyone know how to submit your own photos? Got a couple that could prove pretty dificult!
I think you only get those kind of road markings instead of lines in Nevada. Could instantly tell it was Lake Mead but I couldn't place it, got confused by the lens too.
Grew up going to Lake Mead several times every summer. Seeing it here was a trip.
Lake Mead is really unmistakable once you learn it. Loved the vid!
:D this is amazing! My favourite series in whole youtube!
As a Vegas resident, I was able to spot Lake Meade in an instant, so I was surprised that you went away from it after your initial hunch and started second guessing myself.
What's crazy is, about 6-8 months ago I was watching the shrinking water levels in Lake Mead, and the bodies appearing in barrels etc, on RUclips. I saw this picture of the guys and the car, and the voice in the back of my head said "that's lake mead" and I dismissed it. Like how could it be. How can someone in Australia watch 4 or 5 videos about bodies appearing in a lake, see it from a distant shot and know what it was. Turns out I was right. It's amazing the details and the information your brain can store and recall when you last expect it.
Come to Australia for a straight line mission! Snakes will add to the risk factor nicely.
A serpentine mission...
Hobart to Launceston. A stashed kayak to cross the Derwent.
Impressive as always. If it had been Emley Moor it would have been raining .
That lake mead guess was so good! Fair play man!
Todge looked to be wearing a Kathmandu jacket so I thought it may have been Australia but I was still surprised when it was lol.
Everyone with hundreds of hours in Fallout New Vegas having a great time with this video. I knew that was Lake Mead!
Love that I had no idea I've stood at that exact tower until you identified it haha
Having grown up in Hobart, I thought this looked familiar! The top of Mount Wellington (where I proposed to my wife), but there's more interesting views looking the other way!