An abandoned Nebraska Sandhills road, slowly reclaimed by the prairie it once divided, yields to the forces of weather and time. Over time, the weather damage adds up, ’til no road passeth here. Inch by inch, year by year, the asphalt will revert to smaller chunks, then granules, under unrelenting freeze-thaw cycles, direct erosion of running water and wind-blown sand, chemical wear, and growth of plant roots. In a mere flash of geologic time, the roadbed will degrade to (at most) an intermittently linear ledge on the dunescape, hidden more and more under the vegetated yet shifted sands, until all visible traces are vanished.
2 E Mullen NE (27 Jun 23) Looking WSW
42.046, -101.0077