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100x walks #4
This pylon kindly posed for me during a brisk six-miler last weekend. I thanked it and swiftly moved on.
Living in the middle of the city, pylons are quite a novelty to me!! This one is a few minutes walk from Matt's Rugby house, and in the distance you can see Mahle Engineering Systems, where he'll be working!!
This power line has featured in many earlier shots but not from this aspect though. Today a far different view taken from the highest point 308m (1,010ft) on the surrounding hillsides above my home in the village of Betws yn Rhos which lies directly beneath the third and fourth much smaller pylons in the middle right distance.
The distant mountain sees the start of the Clwydian Range over which 'Offas Dyke' continues right on its long route South after starting at the Coastal resort of Prestatyn on the North Wales Coast lying directly beneath that mountain.
Pictured starting to the left in the distant haze, located off the North Wales Coast, is part of the Gwynt-y-Mor (English Translation: Sea Wind) 576 Megawatt Offshore Wind Farm. It's the fourth largest wind farm in the world. There are now well over 160 wind turbines of 150m (490ft) tip height above sea level as permission has recently been granted to install even more closer inshore. It began operating in June 2015.
By enlarging the image you'll have a clearer view of the wind farm and all those sheep too! Must be over 100!
Very much hope this finds you all in continued good health!
The smaller ones at the front are just entering Coventry from the North.
90 degrees to the left of the previous shot.
500mm + 2X Converter = 1000mm ( + 1.6 crop factor = 1600mm equivalent focal length)
Unable to resist the lure of all those stars glittering in that cold dark sky I headed out at 11pm for a hillside on the north side of The Kilpatricks and lay out on the ground counting shooting stars.