Where in the World?

Identify the May photo and win an ITN subscription

You could win a year’s subscription to ITN simply by identifying where the photo to the right was taken (to view a larger-size version, click the picture). If you are a Lifetime Subscriber and win the drawing, you may transfer your free one-year subscription to whomever you wish. The winning entry will be drawn from a pool of correct answers. Answers must reach the ITN offices by the 25th of the current month. Fill out the form below or send your postcard entry to: Where in the World?, c/o ITN 2116 28th St. Sacramento, CA 95818. Do not forget to include your name and mailing address. One entry per household, please.

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Previous Where in the World? contests

April 2013: The O2, aka the Millennium Dome

Can you walk on air? Well, in London, England, the site of April’s photo, you can walk on O2. The photo shows the top of The O2, aka the Millennium Dome, built in 1999 to house an exhibit to celebrate the third millennium, then sold, refurbished and renamed to be the center of a complex of entertainment venues.

Located in the North Greenwich district, The O2 houses a concert arena, a cinema complex, a dance club, an exhibit space and much more. Or you can walk across the dome’s roof and take in the view from 196 feet up; visit www.theo2.co.uk.

Eighteen readers sent in correct answers, and MARY O’DONNELL of Wilton Manors, Florida, won the drawing. We thank Judy Spielman of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for contributing the photo.

Correct answers were sent in by Stephen O. Addison, Jr. & Paula Owens, Charlotte, NC; Steven Beningo, Derwood, MD; Richard & Joan Blacharski, Cumming, GA; Philip L. Cosgrove, Houston, TX; Richard Felak, Niskayuna, NY; John Gleason, Bossier City, LA; Phil Lutzi, St. Pete Beach, FL; WINNER Mary O’Donnell, Wilton Manors, FL; R.A. McQueen, Florence, SC; Raymond Prince, Maple Valley, WA; Joe D. Roberson, Opelika, AL; Charles Twine, Durham, NC; Brian Weaver, Burlington, KY; Richard Welch, Annandale, VA; Kathy Wilhelm, Cary, NC, and Marj Wright, Marlboro, VT.

March 2013: Shlisselburg Fortress, Russia

The subject of March’s photo is Shlisselburg Fortress, located by Lake Ladoga near the head of the Neva River in northwestern Russia.

There’s been a fortification on the site of Shlisselburg for 800 years. Possession of the site ping-ponged between Sweden and the Novogorod Republic for centuries until Peter the Great of Russia “won” the battle for it in 1702. (Russia lost 6,000 men and Sweden, 110, but Russia got the fortress.) Today Shlissleburg is home to the Museum of Political Prisoners of the Russian Empire.

Four readers sent in the correct answer, and MAUREEN PATRICK of Margate, Florida, won the drawing. We thank Wanda Bahde of Summerfield, Florida, for sending in the photo.

February 2013: Pablo Picasso sculpture on Lake Vänern near Kristinehamn, Sweden

The location of the subject in February’s photo is the shore of Lake Vänern near Kristinehamn, Sweden. Pictured is a 15-meter-tall sculpture imagined by Pablo Picasso and built by Norwegian artist Carl Nejsar in 1965. Its steel frame was filled with small stones and concrete, and the exterior patterns then were created through sand blasting. The sculpture is a portrait of Picasso’s wife, Jacqueline. (From another angle, the sculpture resembles a face in profile.)

Five readers sent in the correct answer, and RICHARD SUNDEEN of Manhattan Beach, California, won the drawing.

We thank Carole Jacobs of Golden, Colorado, for contributing the photo.

January 2013: Split Apple Rock, South Island, New Zealand

Split Apple Rock, just off of Kaiteriteri Beach in Abel Tasman National Park, South Island, New Zealand

Two gods of Maori legend were fighting over the possession of a large boulder. To settle the matter, they used their godlike strength to break it in half. That’s the origin story of the subject of January’s photo, Split Apple Rock, just off of Kaiteriteri Beach in Abel Tasman National Park, South Island, New Zealand.

(An alternate theory, suggested by geologists, is that water seeped into a crack in the rock during an ice age and froze, expanding in volume and splitting the stone. But that’s not as much fun, is it?).

Fifty-six readers sent in correct answers by the deadline, and FRED LOKAY of Williamsburg, Virginia, won the drawing. We thank Rosemary McDaniel of Trenton, Florida, for sending in the photo.

December 2012: Tvindefossen, a waterfall north of Voss, Norway

Why do more than 200,000 people every year visit the subject of December’s photo, Tvindefossen, a waterfall 12 kilometers north of Voss, Norway? Perhaps because the 379-foot-high fall, which cascades over 10 tiers of rock, is easily accessible and highly photogenic.

Or it could be because a sip of the fall’s water is reputed to confer long life and success in love. (We won’t speculate that the local Chamber of Commerce might have started those rumors....)

Twenty-three readers sent in correct answers, and RICHARD WELCH of Annandale, Virginia, won the drawing. We thank Carolyn Casperson of Banning, California, for contributing the photo.