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Northshore Road
Peabody, Massachusetts

Photograph by David Matt

February 18, 1988

"Northshore Road - Peabody"

SNHP-3115

Citation: The Salem News Historic Photograph Collection, Salem State University Archives and Special Collections, Salem, Massachusetts

Nature’s Power: Flooded Rural Road near Doñana National Park, Spain

I went down to the sawmill at Payhembury the other morning to get some wood to make a new house sign - the old one had lasted about twenty years, but keeps falling off its post, and is getting altogether too ratty to last much longer. On the way back, I get a couple of pictures of the hill out of Broadhembury, where it climbs the escarpment on to the Blackdowns. The road is in a pretty poor condition: loads of deep potholes, and subsidence around the edges.

I went down to the sawmill at Payhembury the other morning to get some wood to make a new house sign - the old one had lasted about twenty years, but keeps falling off its post, and is getting altogether too ratty to last much longer. On the way back, I get a couple of pictures of the hill out of Broadhembury, where it climbs the escarpment on to the Blackdowns. The road is in a pretty poor condition: loads of deep potholes, and subsidence around the edges.

Lane heading east towards the B6254, Kirkby Lonsdale Road

Zoinks!! by John Freeman, Thursday 20th February 2025. “I told you that pothole was getting bigger…” | More Zoinks!! at www.flickr.com/gp/downthetubes/3y5w72Yso8

Beech hedge retains its leaves through winter before new growth in spring.

* Spotted Lake is a mysterious seasonal alkaline lake in southern British Columbia. It consists mainly of pale alkaline mud with hundreds of medium-sized potholes which are usually filled with water while the lake bed itself is moist but not under water. But all of that is subject to the dry and rainy seasons in this very hot and dry valley of BC. The lake is on the land of a First Nation which guards and cares for it. No trespassing is allowed. I made my images in a great hurry in late August without really being able to view the back of the camera in the dust and heat. I tried all sorts of ICM etc. techniques and was amazed by the results. This lake has been photographed thousands of times, including by the New York Times who did a wonderful job of it, with great drone pics of this drone-happy lake. My problem is that most of those snapshots leave me cold, even the drone pics after the first minute or so. I felt there was so much more to be explored and played with at this special place. (Note the animal tracks in the white mud all over the lake :)

* Le lac Spotted est un mystérieux lac alcalin saisonnier situé dans le sud de la Colombie-Britannique. Il se compose principalement de boue alcaline pâle avec des centaines de nids-de-poule de taille moyenne qui sont généralement remplis d'eau tandis que le lit du lac lui-même est humide mais pas sous l'eau. Mais tout cela dépend des saisons sèches et pluvieuses dans cette vallée très chaude et sèche de la Colombie-Britannique. Le lac se trouve sur les terres d'une Première Nation qui le garde et en prend soin. Aucune intrusion n’est autorisée. J'ai réalisé mes images en toute hâte fin août sans vraiment pouvoir voir l'arrière de l'appareil dans la poussière et la chaleur. J'ai essayé toutes sortes de techniques ICM, etc. et j'ai été étonné par les résultats. Ce lac a été photographié des milliers de fois, notamment par le New York Times qui a fait un travail remarquable, avec de superbes photos prises par drone de ce lac heureux. Mon problème est que la plupart de ces instantanés me laissent froid, même les photos du drone après environ la première minute. J'avais l'impression qu'il y avait tellement plus à explorer et à jouer dans cet endroit spécial. (Notez les traces d'animaux dans la boue blanche partout sur le lac :)

The street to McKenna has been torn up for some time, and just when I thought I could come in from the Claiborne side, no, I could NOT!! And it's SO narrow! Worse than ever!! This is coming in from Fontainebleau. NOT great yet . . . but we will get there. Eventually. There are SO many mangled streets and bad bad potholes in the city; ours is just a minor ordeal.

I LIKE TO RUN AROUND ASSERTING that even within the dreary context of suburban landscapes of the U.S., the suburban landscapes of Metro Detroit are distinctively bleak.

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In downtown Wayne, Michigan, on April 7th, 2024, was a row of trees on the south side of Veterans Plaza, west of 2nd Street.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Wayne (2053667)
• Wayne (county) (1003005)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• flat landscapes (300435106)
• spring (season) (300133097)
• streets (300008247)
• streetscapes (300249570)
• suburban landscapes (300132448)
• trees (300132410)
• urban landscapes (300132447)

Wikidata items:
• 7 April 2024 (Q69307129)
• April 7 (Q2505)
• April 2024 (Q61313056)
• Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI Combined Statistical Area (Q74208256)
• Huron/Erie Lake Plains (Q56683276)
• Maumee Lake Plain (Q56685650)
• Metro Detroit (Q1925718)
• pothole (Q1485806)
• row (Q127182402)
• Southeast Michigan (Q3502886)
• street tree (Q491700)
• Treaty of Detroit (1807) (Q1639077)

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Streets—Michigan (sh2001006444)
• Trees in cities (sh85137261)

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"Pothole Road. Adjust bras. Remove dentures" sign on Old School Road in Upper Tantallon (Nova Scotia), Canada. Photo taken 25 April 2022.

"Pothole Road. Adjust bras. Remove dentures" sign on Old School Road in Upper Tantallon (Nova Scotia), Canada. Photo taken 25 April 2022.

"Pothole Road. Adjust bras. Remove dentures" sign on Old School Road in Upper Tantallon (Nova Scotia), Canada. Photo taken 25 April 2022.