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Probably, anyway. I took this on a Kodak wind-up disposable camera and I was probably eight or nine years old.

I didn't watermark this one because I thought it might cheapen the experience. This is a photo taken from, but not of, my brother's place in Wyoming. The compound under the rainbow there is was his nearest neighbor's. You can see the line of poles going down the dirt road that led back to the nearest real paved road, which was a couple of miles away. These carried electricity. Just electricity. No phone, no cable, and at that point in time certainly no internet. My brother didn't have a phone in his house at all. If he had to call anyone he'd have to drive into town, and if anyone needed to call him they'd have to ring up somebody he knew in town so they could go and get him.

This is lightly retouched. The unedited version straight out of my scanner is here.

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[–] Jimbabwe@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Great photo!