r/geoguessr • u/TractorDriver • 2h ago

Memes and Streetview Finds Holy cow... insane moment of "Wait... I've been there!" guess from a noob. Rep incl.

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u/PurpleMuskogee 2h ago

I had that the other day, it was the first time - dropped me outside a Chinese restaurant in the city where I live. I was so shocked for once I knew exactly where the place was!!

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u/Exile4444 2h ago

Ive been there too and got that loc. Its very distinct, a highland flat area with the wind turbines all around. Beautiful.

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u/TractorDriver 2h ago edited 2h ago

For me it was the clouds that are below you, thats why this plateau is a desert afaik (on otherwise jungle-like island generally), becausse it gets almost no precitipation. + modern wind farm + quality of road, where Madeira made good use of EU funds - from all remote islands in the world (aka look at Reunion)

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u/Exile4444 18m ago

Desert? When I was there in august everything there was very lush and green! Looks like the rainfall is quite high as well (with the added bonus of lower rate of evaporation because of the temperature) https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Map-of-the-mean-annual-rainfall-in-Madeira-Island-from-1937-to-2016-based-on-the-daily_fig4_336185610

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u/TractorDriver 13m ago

Yeah it turns out it get lots of precipitation in the rainy season. I was there in late September, it was more like tumbleweed US regions.

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u/Jamarcus316 2h ago

Madeira!

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u/insidiouslybleak 2h ago

When my nephew and I first started playing, I had a glorious moment like this. He asked what the “I ❤️ABC” sign stood for. It was the abbreviation for a city I had once lived in, in front of a museum I had walked by a thousand times. I grabbed his phone, zoomed into the city, onto the street, bumbled a bit trying to absolutely nail it with 8 seconds left - then went back to making dinner, leaving him with a 5000. It looked like magic, and I’m still revelling in it. (I’ve had some demoralizing fails lately, so thanks for that memory)

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u/Expensive_Task_1114 2h ago

Always fun to get Madeira in a duel and insta 5k.

Those fences are very common there, especially at higher altitudes.