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Powerlines and electric substation in Muroran, Hokkaido, Japan. The harbor and the White Swan Bridge (Hakucho Ohashi) are visible in the background.
the Houston Area in General has Many,Many of these Massive powerlines running through the City...as you can imagine..being such a large city...houston definetly needs a Massive Amount of Power on a Daily Basis.
LP&L is the old Louisiana power and light company that Entergy bought out in the early 90's. It services much of North Louisiana as well as Southeast Louisiana.
This fall, every night for about two months a huge flock of birds landed on the power lines running in front of the factories on SR 32 in Union City. They were particularly difficult to photograph, as any car parked under them for more then 10-20 seconds caused the entire flock to take flight.This photo is one out of about 90 that I was able to take as I drove slowly along the shoulder of the road with my emergency blinkers on and my Nikon D5000 poked out the window, taking as many shots as I could before they "noticed" me and took off.
This was built this summer by Slemco. It is their first 138kv line built completely with steel monopoles and also the first time I've ever seen them use metal crossarms.