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BadNick · 08-04-2009, 04:13 PM

I'm a back road man....so I avoid the surekill at all costs...except during very off-hours when it's not so bad. But due to heavy rain and flooding in some areas around here this past weekend, many of the back roads are closed for cleanup or not passable due to flood debris. Oh yea, and unc, you definitely nailed me. I am at the Badlands Guardian

The Badlands Guardian is a geomorphological feature located at 50°00′38.20″N 110°06′48.32″W / 50.0106111°N 110.1134222°W / 50.0106111; -110.1134222 near Medicine Hat in the south east corner of Alberta, Canada. Viewed from the air, the feature bears a strong resemblance to a human head wearing a full native American headdress. Because of additional man-made structure, it also appears to be wearing earphones. The apparent earphones are a road and an oil well, which has been in place only a few years, and will likely become invisible once the well falls into disuse and its superficial features are eroded.
The head is a drainage feature created through erosion of soft, clay-rich soil by the action of wind and water.[1][3] The arid badlands are typified by infrequent but intense rain-showers, sparse vegetation and soft sediments. The 'head' may have been created during a short period of fast erosion immediately following intense rainfall. Although the image appears to be a positive feature, it is actually a negative feature (a valley).

You're up, unc. Go hide.

08-04-2009, 04:13 PM	#7554 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	I'm a back road man....so I avoid the surekill at all costs...except during very off-hours when it's not so bad. But due to heavy rain and flooding in some areas around here this past weekend, many of the back roads are closed for cleanup or not passable due to flood debris. Oh yea, and unc, you definitely nailed me. I am at the Badlands Guardian The Badlands Guardian is a geomorphological feature located at 50°00′38.20″N 110°06′48.32″W / 50.0106111°N 110.1134222°W / 50.0106111; -110.1134222 near Medicine Hat in the south east corner of Alberta, Canada. Viewed from the air, the feature bears a strong resemblance to a human head wearing a full native American headdress. Because of additional man-made structure, it also appears to be wearing earphones. The apparent earphones are a road and an oil well, which has been in place only a few years, and will likely become invisible once the well falls into disuse and its superficial features are eroded. The head is a drainage feature created through erosion of soft, clay-rich soil by the action of wind and water.[1][3] The arid badlands are typified by infrequent but intense rain-showers, sparse vegetation and soft sediments. The 'head' may have been created during a short period of fast erosion immediately following intense rainfall. Although the image appears to be a positive feature, it is actually a negative feature (a valley). You're up, unc. Go hide.