Actually, no. This is not a picture of our castle where everything that you read about in this blog takes place. This is Castle Neuschwanstein built by mad King Ludwig in 1869, not Castle Newton-Steyn built by mad Doctor Frank______'s family starting sometime in the 12th century.
Though shockingly similar in appearance, Castle Newton-Steyn is built of black stone, and that's not really the name. The villagers call it simply 'the castle' and everyone knows where they mean. You won't find it on the map, though on some older maps (those in archives where Igor hasn't gotten in yet with his big bottle of white-out) you will find the humble village of Heidelweiche Constabulary, and then an undefined dark mass just up the mountainside from it's valley. Somewhere near Bavaria and Austria.
Obviously though, an architect in the employ of mad King Ludwig seemed possessed of a remarkably photographic memory at a time when taking a real photograph was a feat of near magic.
Though shockingly similar in appearance, Castle Newton-Steyn is built of black stone, and that's not really the name. The villagers call it simply 'the castle' and everyone knows where they mean. You won't find it on the map, though on some older maps (those in archives where Igor hasn't gotten in yet with his big bottle of white-out) you will find the humble village of Heidelweiche Constabulary, and then an undefined dark mass just up the mountainside from it's valley. Somewhere near Bavaria and Austria.
Obviously though, an architect in the employ of mad King Ludwig seemed possessed of a remarkably photographic memory at a time when taking a real photograph was a feat of near magic.
Satellite imagery? There are some sophisticated light photon disbursement instruments up on top of the keep, aimed upward covering a .24 degree arc. Nobody bothers us about any of it, how on earth would an intelligence agency be able to explain this one without peripheral risk of retreading some extremely sensitive topics? The satellite passes over and takes a picture, and the new guy in the image downlink room looks and sees sheep and maybe a strange barn or two in an alpine meadow. The guy who has been there twenty years supervising this particular download says "next slide, kid; mark this one just as you see it and don't look at it again." The kid who is trusted to work in this room knows what else the weight in his tone of voice implies.
It's a good thing the satellite can't look too closely at the sheep.
It's a good thing the satellite can't look too closely at the sheep.
