On Monday, we posted our fifty-ninth photo challenge to see how well you know Metro. Reader Andrew took photos of five Metro stations. Here are the answers. How well did you do?

This week, we got ten guesses. Two got all five. Great work, Peter K and Mr. Johnson!

Image 1: Wiehle Avenue

The first image shows Wiehle Avenue. The gambrel-style roof narrows this down to one of the three Silver Line stations with that design. There are three clues to help you narrow it down to Wiehle. First, the height of the trees eliminates Tysons Corner, which is at a high elevation. Along with the second clue, sparse buildings, that also helps you eliminate Greensboro.

Finally, Tysons Corner and Greensboro have a short winged canopy that extends from the base of the escalators at the end of the gambrel structure. Wiehle doesn’t have that mini-canopy. Nine knew this one.

Image 2: Metro Center

The second image shows a staircase at Metro Center. The wide, high vault, viewed from this angle, should have been an immediate clue that this was one of the downtown transfer stations. In combination with the stairs, it has to be Metro Center, since Gallery Place and L’Enfant Plaza don’t have any wide staircases like this one.

Six got this one on the nose.

Image 3: Judiciary Square

The third image shows Judiciary Square from the F Street entrance. There are two main clues. First, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals building visible in the distance. Second, you can see the National Police Memorial, which was featured recently in week 54.

Nine figured this one out.

Image 4: Gallery Place

The fourth image shows the ceiling at Gallery Place. This is the point where the two vaults cross. Because the triangular coffers extend all the way to the center, this must be Metro Center or Gallery Place. But the angle, from directly underneath, means this has to be Gallery Place, which has a mezzanine under the crossvault. We compared the downtown transfer stations in week 5.

Four knew this was Gallery Place.

Image 5: Pentagon City

The final image was definitely the hardest. And if you were challenged, you were in good company, because it took me a while to figure it out. Here’s how I did it.

First, since you can see the glass escalator canopy, you can narrow this down to one of the 24 stations that have entrance canopies like this. You can further narrow it down to 12 stations where the street is to the left of the canopy (which it must be since the buildings are on the right).

Now, my first thought was that this was a picture in one of the urban DC neighborhoods, because I assumed the red building in the distance was a victorian rowhouse. But as it turns out, it’s the top floor of the 16-story Archstone Pentagon City. I solved this by using Google street view to investigate the 12 stations I’d narrowed it down to.

Two also employed a winning strategy to conclude this was Pentagon City.

Next Monday we’ll have 5 more photos for you to identify. Thanks for playing! And a special thanks to Andrew for supplying the photos this week.

If you have pictures you think would be good fits for whichWMATA, please send them to whichwmata@ggwash.org

Matt Johnson has lived in the Washington area since 2007. He has a Master’s in Planning from the University of Maryland and a BS in Public Policy from Georgia Tech. He lives in Dupont Circle. He’s a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners, and is an employee of the Montgomery County Department of Transportation. His views are his own and do not represent those of his employer.