This is very close to where I reside. Neat to see it here.

At least you're honest, haha. Great shot btw!

It’s an access path for maintenance and fire department I think. It’s in a nature preserve. Usually this area is gated off but it was open this day so we took a peek, though I’m sure we weren’t supposed to be in there.

It’s actually really good. I don’t understand why it’s not sold in stores. It’s been a few years, but I think the skin is edible, or maybe you eat it kind of like a kiwi. It sort of has a kiwi texture and flavor, but better. The red skin will stain your fingers. The inside is translucent. There are little seeds in it but they are like kiwi seeds; you just ignore them.

Really?! Now I can’t wait to try it!

Cool! Had no idea it was edible!

Oh… I’m so accustomed to it in California that I didn’t even notice. Apparently it’s an African plant naturalize to the West Coast by Spanish sailors. The fruit is edible and delicious.

Their fruit is also amazing. It’s better than kiwi fruit.

It looks like there are tire tread marks in the path. So… mountain bike path? Have you tried looking at this on Google Earth?

I love the colour changing thing on the grass, very nicee

Strange because the entire area has trails? There's bike tracks on it. Use Google maps and it'll show up as a named trail.

You jest about the shimmer but these red plants actually do sparkle in person! Ice plants have epidermal bladder cells which are like little water crystals they store on the exterior of their leaves

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aizoaceae#/media/File%3AMesembryanthemum_crystallinum.JPG

They’re invasive here but pretty amazing!

Must have needed your headlamp on the way back

Nice. Growing up all us delinquent American kids would go visit Windsor Ontario to take advantage of the lower drinking age. Never made it up to London though.

Exactly! I knew it reminded me of somewhere

That is a very nice photo. Great work!

Is there a shimmer at the end of the path?

Seriously though, it does look strange. I don't know why people are acting like they see this all the time.

Reminds me of how blueberry fields up here in Canada go super-bright red. Same sort of vibe in a lot of our rockier trails in my part of the country.

https://www.josephkaynephoto.com/photo/boulders-and-wild-blueberries/

You ever play Elden Ring op? You might’ve just stumbled onto the path to Caelid

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Mostly cyclists and the occasional coyote

Well clearly someone routinely uses this route, humans and/or animals.

Do they graze cattle or some other livestock here? Looks like a cow path but idk.

I suppose it’s only strange looking for the area where the red ice plant is not native. Or maybe it’s just to my eye and imagination, looked like a path to another world lol

Just very unexpectedly red in the middle of a landscape that’s usually all sage and olive colors. It’s from the ice plant which is a non native in this area and definitely looks out of place