Mine looked much worse! I did not take any photos when it happened but it amazed me as well how nice it eventually turned out.
2023-01-08_04-52-20 by
Kerry Grubb, on Flickr
This is the only pic I could find. I must have a 100 pics of my car but none of the hood itself.
2023-10-31_07-37-56 by
Kerry Grubb, on Flickr
And this just for kicks, since this was brought up.