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Taken while on holiday in North Wales, July 2013. The cloud cover has broken some of the trails, unfortunately, but for a first attempt it's not half bad! Although I was in the middle of knowhere, I was overlooking Caernarfron, so the orange colour in the sky is actually light pollution.
(FishEye 8mm) A power pylon in Zaandam in the Netherlands. From Zaandam to Amsterdam is 10 minutes by train.
These have long been a subject of interest for me. On road trips, when the towering structures appear in their numbers, several meters from the tarmac, I observe the sagging wires from post to post, following the series until they recede into the wilderness, or get off the way.
Pylons on water. I find this the more interesting. It reveals an urgency to transmit power over the shortest possible distance especially across water. And as such, special cases like this often require special treatments.
I have no idea about the nature or size of the submerged anchorage for these wonderful ensembles of civil engineering. I was really pleased to get a good view.
Another shot of pylons, I know, but they're all over the place here: the infrastructure is intrusive. I'm trying to make a virtue of a necessity! (and I'm glad to have ready power for the laptop...)
Port Willunga
South Australia
This was taken on an evening when there were bushfires out west a few hundred kilometers away. I presume that that was what was responsible for the diffused light around sunset which gave off a spectacular glow. I nearly didn't get this shot as some other photographers had walked right into the middle of the pylons just before taking the shot but thankfully there was some cooperation after a friendly tap on the shoulder