The view from the starting line

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This is Alder Street, just a hint north of Broadway Avenue; looking north, over False Creek, at downtown Vancouver -- I was looking at the clouds.

Between Broadway, or 9th, Avenue and the north-most end of Alder at 5th Avenue, the street takes a steep nosedive towards sea level.

When the temperature fluctuates above and below freezing there's a chance of black ice forming. On this stretch of Alder that could be lethal, hence the ten while lines. When the temperature is hovering either side of zero, city trucks roam major streets spraying these lines.

They're either de-icing fluid or racing stripes. Click the image to enlarge it.
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