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Case: Wat Arun Ratchawararam, Bangkok Yai District, Bangkok, Thailand

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The answer

Wat Arun Ratchawararam, Bangkok Yai District, Bangkok, Thailand · TH

How the AI detective did

The AI placed its guess 0 km from the real location (it guessed Wat Arun, Bangkok Yai, Bangkok).

Floodlit central prang of Wat Arun on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River; pinpointing the temple's exact coordinates.

The evidence the AI read

• architecture: A towering corn-cob-shaped central spire (prang) densely encrusted with floral mosaic patterns, surrounded by four smaller satellite prangs in the same style. — This stepped, ornamented prang form is Khmer-influenced mainland Southeast Asian temple architecture, distinct from the curved-roof pagodas of East Asia.
• architecture: The spire surface is covered in tiny porcelain and seashell fragments forming colorful flower motifs, with tiered terraces guarded by mythical demon and bird-human figures. — Cladding a spire in broken porcelain is the signature of one royal temple-building tradition on a great river delta, narrowing the country within the region.
• vegetation: Tropical palms and dense lowland greenery frame the riverside complex, with no seasonal deciduous trees visible. — A wet tropical lowland delta climate, consistent with the great rivers of Southeast Asia and ruling out temperate East Asian latitudes.
• era_marker: The structure is brightly floodlit at night with even artificial illumination across the entire spire. — Modern, even night-illumination indicates a contemporary photograph of a long-standing historic landmark.

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