As a young and naive teenager I hitchhiked from Enschede to Breda in the Netherlands.
At one point I was dropped off at the flyover intersection between two freeways in the middle of nowhere - inasmuch as that is actually possible in the Netherlands.
I stood there with my thumb up for quite a while and looking around me considered just how much humanity had interfered and interacted with the landscape, roads, lights, fences, dikes, pastures, crops, all around as far as the eye could see.
In stark contrast, I now live in Australia and you can drive between where I live in Perth and an inland city, Kalgoorlie, about 600 km away. Pull over on the side of the road between towns and walk 50m off the road and there's a good chance that you're the first person to stand there in a century, if not a millennium or ever.
Do it! Unless you have kids, don't stop, don't second guess, don't think of any of the reasons you shouldn't, just get. in. the. fucking. car. and. GO!
(a little tongue in cheek, perhaps, but it's a massive country that's more than a little wild, and too many people don't explore it like they should. Seriously, go for an adventure at the first opportunity - life's short).
There is a lake on Victoria Island in the arctic archipelago that I am reasonably sure has never been seen by a real person, and it is unnamed. Furthermore, the lake has a small island on it. One of my life's goals is to see this lake and island someday.
There’s a ton of lakes in Nunavut that have no names, and a lot have islands, but I imagine you’re talking about this one which is unique in that it has a lake on the island. Which is in a lake. Which is on an island (Victoria island).
I’m not impossible that someone had been there though, it’s only about 200km from Cambridge Bay, and that terrain is actually quite flat and easy to travel over. They also travel all over Victoria island all the time hunting, lots of times very long distance, so it’s entirely possible someone has gone there.
Pull over on the side of the road between towns and walk 50m off the road and there's a good chance that you're the first person to stand there in a century, if not a millennium or ever.
You don't understand how long a century / millennium is. People pull off the road to pee all the time, plus people were obviously there when the road was built. Add in hikers and stranded motorists and I bet every piece of ground near that highway has had a person step on it (except for something on the side of a mountain or something).
Anyone who’s ever driven through Western Australia would absolutely agree with you. That whole state is like another planet dotted with a few towns here and there. WA is literally the size of one-third of the entire contiguous United States and has the population of <1% of the contiguous United States - it’s mostly barren desert and beautiful coastline.
The upright looks like it has a couple line of site antennas and a power/network box probably. Looks like it is running/networking the device pointed downwards. That device likely has a series of sensors for detecting vehicle traffic. This setup helps track traffic for traffic control.
Those circles are probably too small for normal ISM comms links, they are either radar cans or microphones is my guess. The fact that they both have two feeds makes me assume radar.
A tow truck driver once decided for me that a failed hood release latch on the side of the highway wasn't an issue that needed towing (he flat out refused to tow my car even though I specifically called them to tow my vehicle, and asked him to tow it to the nearest dealer).
He "fixed" it by cutting a bunch of holes into my bumper to attach zip ties through and then ducttaping the remaining gap closed. His genius solution made a 100 or so dollar repair (that would've been covered under warranty as I learned later) a several thousand dollar repair that required a new front bumper, new grille, and a bunch of paintwork. And a new hood latch of course.
Zero fucks to give seems generous in my experience.
hard to not understand given the highway is the most dangerous place for a tow truck to be at (youd be suprised how common it is for a negligent driver kills a tow truck driver numbers speaking on a highway). they want to get out of there ASAP
The rest of it is point-to-point wireless networking antennas. Not sure which technology but it's probably something specific to emergency alert/law enforcement.
The rectangular box in the back is a standard NEMA box that houses the electronics/power supplies for the other components.
Is there some disease being spread by avocados or something? I vaguely remember seeing something like that not too long ago. Still, I love me some avocado and would probably take my chances.
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