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Desire Paths

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Desire paths Desire paths can be paths created as a consequence of erosion caused by human or animal foot-fall or traffic. The paths usually represent the shortest or most easily navigated routes between origins and destinations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desire_path

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[–] doofer_name@feddit.de 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah thanks for the anxiety. I can literally hear the Nazgûl screeching.

[–] lewosadebu@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

Great... Thanks for the nightmares 🙃

[–] SaintWacko@midwest.social 5 points 2 years ago

This is cool, but it's not really a desire path

[–] TheSun@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How is this sort of thing formed?

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

People traveling through this area, riding on horse-drawn carriages over the course of several centuries.

[–] TheSun@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 year ago

Patience pays off, thank you

[–] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

Holy shit that makes it even cooler

[–] Chais@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

This seems like an odd formation to occur naturally. Is it a trench?

[–] pantslesswonder@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

It’s a “sunken lane” or “hollow way,” and it’s most likely caused by a few hundred years of very specific erosion (amusingly the lead image for the Wikipedia article for this phenomenon is the same as the post).

[–] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

This is what centuries old desire paths look like. Or it's an old (non-standard?) railway.