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Category:Architecture and Structures
Subcategory:Residential
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Keywords:Madison, Snow, plow, plow, plug, snow, snow, storm
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Dimensions5184 x 3456
Original file size15.5 MB
Image typeJPEG
Color spaceAdobe RGB (1998)
Date taken18-Jan-11 07:14
Date modified18-Jan-11 21:57
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Camera makeCanon
Camera modelCanon EOS 7D
Focal length10 mm
Max lens aperturef/3.5
Exposure1/20 at f/3.5
FlashNot fired, compulsory mode
Exposure bias+1 2/3 EV
Exposure modeAuto
Exposure prog.Normal
ISO speedISO 320
Metering modePattern
Photo-a-day #18: January 18, 2011 - The Plow Plug

Photo-a-day #18: January 18, 2011 - The Plow Plug

Anyone who lives in Wisconsin knows, your snow shoveling doesn't end when the snow stops falling, it ends after the last plow comes through. Usually, this happens sometime in the middle of the night so you wake up to an impassable driveway, as was the case here.

Though Madison only got about 6" of snow yesterday, the amount spilled into your driveway is not trivial to move. The "Plow Plug" as I call it, also has a near-glacial density that makes it all the more challenging. I have a snow blower, so I cheated a little, but still took me 20 minutes to clear.