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Parallel Lines, As Found Art

Teeter-Totter
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The teeter-totter painted blue, white and red illustrated that parallel lines could be found almost anywhere. Here were three parallel lines that were only parallel because they had been left all with the left-hand side up.


Parallel Lines external link   •  Somewhere on a road trip through Nebraska   •  (Photo posted Thursday 17 August 2006)   •  (Photo taken 1991)   •  © 2006 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #ParkNebraska_01
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Lines Over Water
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What appeared to be two electric cables passed over the river before the falls. The wires appeared to be degrading over time. But they must have been parallel, because if they were not, they would have shorted out.


Parallel Lines external link   •  Riverfront Park, Spokane, Washington   •  (Photo posted Saturday 7 October 2006)   •  (Photo taken 2006)   •  © 2006 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #FrontPark_07
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Lines Meet In Distance
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One of the effects of parallel lines is the way they appear to meet as they move off into the distance. If you were to walk this double yellow line to its end, you would find it actually did not meet.


Parallel Lines external link   •  A road somewhere in Berkeley, California   •  (Photo posted Thursday 28 April 2011)   •  (Photo taken 14:52:02 Sunday 10 August 2008)   •  © 2011 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #BCX_2111
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