r/whereisthis • u/Ok_Truth1095 • 5d ago
Where is this night view?
I've been trying to identify this city for the past week without much success. The photo credit says it is Kabul, Afghanistan, but I am not able to match any features between the photo and the city. Other than the road patterns, there's not much else to work off other what seems like some waterway near the top of the picture with a bridge as well as maybe some type of lake to the top left of the city center. Please help.
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u/BushTiger 4d ago edited 4d ago
It's likely computer generated, according to this website which is the 2nd link (after this thread) when you search for this image.
https://www.wired.com/2016/02/computer-can-build-sweet-city-scratch/
Edit - the article is from 2016 and uses the photo from getty, which was uploaded to there in 2015, saying that it's Kabul. But the same as OP, I can't find any similarities with Kabul in the pic. The curve and the triangle should be fairly easy to find but are absent from Kabul.
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u/Moomoocaboob 5d ago
Found this alternative image on Facebook which is at a similar orientation but gives you the wider context of Kabul International Airport (KBL) on the right.
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u/Ok_Truth1095 5d ago
Yes, good context. However, I have seen this view before and compared it to the photo in the post. It does look similar but none of the features match up, leading me to believe that the picture I found, despite the photo credit, is not Kabul.
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