What country is that from? [Picture Edition] II

[Yared]

What country is that from? Picture edition! ​

In the words of TLO:

Spoiler :

Basically Someone posts a picture of something from a random country, it could be a street, an animal or forest in that country, the people and culture, signs, buildings from the said country, or random stuff from nature like a wind-carved rock formation in a desert.

Countries include all countries, any autonomous regions, or individual states of USA, provinces of Canada, provinces of Australia, Antarctica, Scotland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Channel islands or the Isle of Man.

People continue playing until someone get's it right, and the poster of the image varify's it. After the answer is varified correct, ANYONE can post the next image.

Please put big images in Spoilers, and no peeking at the image link to find out where it is from.

Also add a hint if the picture isn't that obvious.

Everyone clear?

We're continuing from WIM's picture:

Spoiler Nice map by Aronnax :

 

[Tee Kay]

I think it's Iran.

 

[W|M]

And you are correct! (I was out for ages, see previous thread).

 

[Tee Kay]

This next one will either be really easy, or really difficult.

 

[W|M]

Sealand?

 

[Reiser]

Sealand?

I was about to use this answer, but then I looked in Wikipedia and found a picture.
It's not Sealand.

Anyways...uhh...I'll just say USA to get it out of the way.

 

[Tee Kay]

Not Sealand, no.

This one from an actual, fair dinkum UN-recognized country - or rather, just off its coast.

Edit: not USA either, although an American government organization is, or was, one of the operators of the platform.

 

[Yared]

UK? (Falklands included) Norway?

 

[Tee Kay]

Nope.

Also, in case you guys haven't picked it up already, that's a rocket on a launch pad. That might help.

 

[W|M]

Russia? Japan?

 

[Yared]

French Guyana? USSR?

 

[Tee Kay]

None of those

French Guyana?

It's a UN member, so no.

USSR?

Contemporary states please.

 

[W|M]

Countries with Space Agencies:

( See beginning of this page for the key: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_agencies )

Venezuela? Brasil?

 

[choxorn]

Japan? India?

 

[Tee Kay]

Alright, here's a clue. It's none of the countries highlighted on the map.

 

[Double A]

I don't think that's a space rocket, just a regular rocket capable of death and destruction and other fun things.

Venezuela? India?

 

[Tee Kay]

Read the post above you.

And it's a space rocket.

 

[choxorn]

Must be somewhat close to the equator, or there wouldn't be any space launches there.

Kazakhstan?

 

[Double A]

Bah, reading is for chumps!

I'm going with Saudi Arabia.

 

[Yared]

Must be somewhat close to the equator, or there wouldn't be any space launches there.

Kazakhstan?

Kazakhstan isn't on the equator


Ukraine?