Puddle

Puddles can be seen different in many images since they have been used for aesthetic photos for their reflections. Oftentimes, puddles are seen on top of pavement or on top of small patches of ground that sit at a lower elevation than the surrounding area. Usually, you can see the bottom of the puddle and the pavement underneath is a darker tone from the pavement surrounding it. The presence of a puddle means that "the water has been blocked, stopped from traveling down through the ground. So if a puddle is persistent, then the first thing we can deduce is that the ground beneath the puddle is either not porous or it is saturated" [1].

When the puddle is on vegetation and terrain, the water will have a brown muddy color to it due to the affect of the color of the ground below it. Puddles will also have a vivid reflection of the surroundings near it but upside down. The image on the puddles will be upside down with a shaky effect due to the small vibrations (water ripples) going through the puddle. Even though the ripples are known to be in puddles, the water never looks rough like rapids or river. There is no flow in a puddle because these puddles cannot drain away. In some instances, the puddles can have many ripples due to constant rain which is usually the cause of these puddles.

Where dirt roads are present and where "two paths or tracks cross there will be a patch of ground where the land is worn much more seriously than on either of the two paths, because all the traffic following each path must also cross the junction," and the more traffic an area of land receives, the more likely a "small depression may be formed by this erosion." Additionally, where the "join of old tarmac (old road construction material) to the new tarmac" occurs due to road repairs, "it is very common to find a puddle" as different material material was used to "build the new road" [1].

References

[1] The Experiment. (2016, September 13). The Not so Humble Puddle: An Excerpt from How to Read Water. Retrieved (2021, July 21), from https://theexperimentpublishing.com/2016/09/the-not-so-humble-puddle-an-excerpt-from-how-to-read-water/