This two-lane remnant road that the freeway replaced long ago, is still running between the Livermore Valley and the San Joaquin and serving up ‘uncanny valley’ in a very literal sense. The steep, perfectly moulded rolling hills that go on for miles; with nothing but wind turbines growing out of them, looks entirely like a render, and a screenshot from a dream we can all strangely remember having…
Photo credits: “Altamont Pass!” by Douglas LeMoine, CC BY-ND 2.0 , Google Maps
