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Captured in the far right side of frame. cropped. Not the best capture with all the powerlines but I said wtf uploaded anyways. Tried to remove lower powerlines but failed :(
I spent an afternoon driving and walking some electricity pylon service roads, and then climbing through horrible, thorny scrub to reach the top of a hiker-tagged peak.
This is just a half mile from where it crosses over Entergy's 138kv line but there were to many trees in the way to get a picture.
Out and about this morning we came across these two guys, one of whom was banging a power pole with a hammer whilst his mate stared intently at the wires being carried by the pole. Checking, we were told they were as we suspected, that they were doing routine checks of the poles and lines, looking for evidence of any wear and tear. Given that it appears at least one of last year's disastrous fires began as a result of powerline faults, it was great to see the zeal and care with which the workers did their job.
Powerline's new 48 came in for a lot of criticism, in my opinion much of it unwarranted. You can see here the detailing is certainly a big improvement. The new model also has working marker lights.
Image captured Agfachrome slide film during the mid 1980s using a polarising filter | Camera: Nikkormat FT2