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Time for this weekend’s round of #WhereInCostaRica. Where did a Tico Times reader and columnist take this sunset photo, and what’s that in the background?

Several readers hit the nail on the head on our last guessing game, correctly identifying the photo below as an image of Playa Blanca, Punta Leona, on the Central Pacific coast:

Andrés Madrigal / The Tico Times
Andrés Madrigal / The Tico Times

Would you like to submit a photo to our #TTPicOfTheDay series? Please send horizontal photos at least 1100 pixels wide to kstanley@ticotimes.net. We’d love to see the sights with you.

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