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fugio ergo sum
I like taking pictures from the RV. This is one of the least visually striking ones I would ever share publicly. Obviously desolate dry country and there is a linear feature from top to bottom. What might that be? Power line, road, fence? It does seem unusual that the feature goes pretty much straight no matter what it is crossing. There is no deviating for gullies and hills.
Well what is actually so unusual is that this is a road and it is around 1,000 years old and this section is almost exactly on a true north track. It is only because of our dry climate here that something so old is visible for so long.
This road average 9 meters wide but is sometimes wider and up to 4 lanes. It seems that it was more ceremonial than practical.
My RV flying has gone through several phases. Lots of aerobatics at the beginning, then long cross countries and now I mostly use it to look at stuff and there is really a lot of stuff to look at. I feel privileged.
This graphic is from the Solstice Project
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