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Another needlessly dramatic shot of something boring.
This is the power pole in the laneway next to my house. Taken from the kitchen door.
Mmm… back-spine overhead power reticulation.
The rocks and structures were formed by tidal currents. The power of water is just amazing...
This place is not far away from saltstraumen (the strongest tidal current in the world)
Was the introduction of the power lines a good thing? It can be considered a disturbance and in the last week we learned that at the right time it can increase species diversity. Removing those trees made it possible for the grasses and flowers to move back in. I'd like to know the difference in species diversity before and after the power lines.
Some random utility poles near a small substation across the street from the old Rayville Light and Water Plant in Rayville, Louisiana. Google Maps Screenshot
This abandoned facility was owned and operated by the former Louisiana Light and Power Company before it was absorbed into Entergy Louisiana.
This was a Saturday night in early winter when the Midwest got socked in by an ice storm. I guess I should say ONE of the ice storms, because for a several week stretch, every weekend brought about another one. Neat.
Anyway, I was walking home from K-Mart, taking not-very-good photos of the ice on the trees, when the sky lit up green and blue and other cool colors. I'd only seen that once before, when I was a kid and a car ran into a power pole not far from my house. So even before I looked, I knew the power was out. Somewhere, the ice had brought down some wires - probably by breaking off tree branches into them.
Anyway, it made for a very quiet and dark few hours. And when there's not much to do, the camera comes out, right?
I thought about cropping out the blurred top left, but I think I actually like it in there.
From the solar PV panels, the DC power comes into the loft wher it gets converted to 230v AC and synchronised to the mains electricity supply and will supplement the household electricity. .. Even sell it back to the electricity company too!
Cleveland Gladiators at Pittsburgh Power arena football (AFL) from the Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh PA - Saturday, March 15, 2014
A closer look at the wires that distribute our electricity. I have no idea how many kilivolts go through the process.
It's a little dark in a smaller scale, but in large scale I think it's an interesting photo. I like the seclusion of the power line tower.
Huncoat power (also known as Padiham ‘B’) station was built by the Lancashire Electric Power Company in the 1960’s as a sister for the power station at Padiham (Padiham ‘A’). Proposed in 1957 as a 240MW station and commissioned in 1962 with the first unit at 120MW (there were plans for Padiham ‘C’ - but these never came to fruition).
Padiham ‘A’ closed in 1969.
By 1984 Padiham ‘B’ was generating 15 million MW hours. On the 3rd of March 1993, the last load of coal was delivered and the site ceased generating electricity.
With the power station being situated on Burnley coal field it meant that there was a ready supply of local coal which until 1968 was moved by a railway line to Huncoat colliery.
The cooling towers were pulled down in 1988 and the main buildings were demolished in 1990, apart from this admin building.
The plan is for the site to be transformed into a ‘Waste Technology Park’ but there has been local bid to block this and they were successful.
Further information on the waste technology park is available here
This building has a 'Eastern European' feel to it, it is a very humbling place.
Pittsburgh Power at Philadelphia Soul Arena Football (AFL) at Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia PA - May 11, 2013
© FXR - February 2008 for www.indiepoprock.net
British Sea Power - Le Café de la Danse - Paris XIème - February 10, 2008
Sur l'aimable invitation de Beggars France
Long power outage last night. As luck would have it, I was prepared with candles, a half-charged iPad with a million-page book (Infinite Jest), and also some Scotch.
Matteo Trentin (Quick-Step Floors) once again displayed his raw power on the final stage of La Vuelta 2017, dominating the ultimate bunch gallop to claim a fourth stage win. The Italian sprinter was faster than Lorrenzo Manzin (FDJ) and Soren Kragh Andersen (Team Sunweb) in the streets of Madrid. 11th of the stage, Chris Froome (Team Sky) is the first British winner of La Vuelta and the third rider to win the Spanish Grand Tour and the Tour de France in the same year after Jacques Anquetil (1963) and Bernard Hinault (1978). He also claims the points classification ahead of Trentin. Alberto Contador (Trek-Segafredo) said farewell to his public.