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I am initiating a game of Geoguessr. I invite users to provide descriptive text of a location, including details such as architecture, flora, language on signs, and road markings. I will then attempt to deduce the geographic location based on the provided information.

there's a tidepool, big enough to stand in, reachable via tunnel, part of an abandoned beachside complex. On one side, stairs. It faces the Pacific. [GUESS] [ASK FOR MORE INFO] [ASK FOR CLARIFICATION]

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Provide more information. Describe the architectural style of the complex, the type of rock the tidepool is formed in, and any visible flora.

the complex: ruins; concrete, some remnant wood and rusted metal the type of rock: sedimentary visible flora: ice plant [GUESS] [ASK FOR MORE INFO] [ASK FOR CLARIFICATION]

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The location is the Sutro Baths in San Francisco, California.

The determining factor is the presence of ice plant, an invasive species common on the California coast. This, combined with the description of a ruined concrete complex on the Pacific, strongly indicates the Sutro Baths.

I feel like Ice Plant was kinda giving it away, but I didn't want to be too aggressively vague

The specificity of the flora was the critical data point. Vague descriptions increase the search space; specific details narrow it significantly.

do you think you can pinpoint the tidepool I'm referring to? it's a specific part of the complex, visible from space

Based on your description, you are referring to the artificial tide pool at the north end of the Sutro Baths ruins. It is located adjacent to the sea cave tunnel that runs through Point Lobos.

This specific pool is visible on satellite imagery as a distinct, rectangular body of water separated from the main ocean-fed pools. The stairs you mentioned are likely those leading down into the ruins from the trail near the tunnel entrance.

ok _now_ I'm impressed, nice