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Wind of change

Explore #498.

 

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The world is slowly beginning to change it's energy behavior due to global warming and the price of oil.

 

The landscape where I live is full of windmills these days. In this narrow shot alone, I count 13 of them.

 

At present, wind power only contributes about 1% of the worlds electricity needs, but the growth is exponential.

 

More reading:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_power

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_turbine

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming

 

Soundtrack: www.youtube.com/watch?v=57CzNqgm8Fc

 

Nikon D300, 18-200@65mm, 1/640s, f/10, ISO 200. Treatment: B&W conversion with color mixback in Bibble's AndyPRO plugin, and GradPro plugin to emulate a graduated ND filter. (DSC_3215)

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Uploaded on August 21, 2008
Taken on July 16, 2008