Road winter frost damage: small patch of alligator cracked / crazed tarmac surface on rural / country road in UK. Road pothole formation in action.

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Early stages of road pothole creation through frost / frozen water damage to surface of a tarmac country road. Successive freeze-warm cycle cracks and subsequent tyre traffic will deepen and widen the cracks until a seriously large pothole develops in the road, Taken in early morning winter sunlight.

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Size: 8256px × 5504px
Location: cornwall, uk
Photo credit: © Marcus Harrison - environment / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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