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A landscape eye-sore or a necessity? Much of our world is driven by power and electricity - our homes, our businesses and our personal lives, with all the technology we rely on on a daily basis (computers, TV's, cell phones, iPhones, gaming devices, etc.). But... what would the world be like without all this? I have been to faraway places that don't rely on electricity and they really do get by perfectly fine and seem incredibly happy.
Could YOU live for a day, a week, a month without the technology you're attached to? Would life be harder or easier? I would like to give it a try to see how long I could go. My camera doesn't count though, right?... it runs on batteries. :-)
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Northern powergrid and South Cave Tractors U530s basking in the March sun. Fitted with Versalift and Mulag equipment respectively.
Check out the album for a look inside.
"Completed by the St. Anthony Falls Water Power Company in 1908, the Hennepin Island Plant contained four, double-turbine, direct-connected, horizontal units with, an installed capacity of 9,000 kw, operating under a head of about 48 feet."
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The plant originally generated at 35 Hz to power Minneapolis's growing street car system. Its direct-connected design was adapted from the nearby 1898 Lower Falls Dam (nonextant) by William de la Barre, the Austrian-trained, chief engineer St Anthony Falls Water Power Co. Earlier hydroelectric plants were based on technologies carried over from the milling industry, such as the Main Street Hydroelectric Plant which used a rope drive to connect the turbines to the generators.
Contra Costa Generating Plant operated by Mirant Corp.
Began operation in 1964, converts natural gas into
electricity, provides power to 674,000 homes.
Antioch, California
EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM
PLEASE STAND BY
THE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM (EAS)
HAS ISSUED A NUCLEAR STRIKE WARNING
FROM THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA)
PLEASE LISTEN CAREFULLY
AND FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS
NUCLEAR MISSILES ARE HEADED
TOWARD THE FOLLOWING CITIES:
WASHINGTON, D.C., NEW YORK CITY,
CHICAGO, LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO,
DALLAS-FORT WORTH, MIAMI, PHILADELPHIA,
HOUSTON, LAS VEGAS, SALT LAKE CITY,
AND DENVER
A LIST OF THINGS YOU SHOULD DO:
GO OUTSIDE TO ENJOY THE FIREWORKS
WEAR SUNGLASSES TO PROTECT YOUR EYES
PUT ON SUNSCREEN TO PROTECT YOUR SKIN
USE UMBRELLA TO PROTECT FROM FALLOUT
DRINK PLENTY OF WATER TO STAY HYDRATED
USE RADIO TO LISTEN TO MUSIC AND PARTY
TAKE SELFIES AND POST TO SOCIAL MEDIA
IF YOU GET THESE SYMPTOM
SEE THE NEAREST DOCTOR:
NAUSEA, VOMITING, DIARRHEA,
HEADACHE, FEVER, DIZZINESS,
DISORIENTATION, WEAKNESS,
FATIGUE, HAIR LOSS,
AND LOW BLOOD PRESSURE
ONCE THE PARTY STOPS
YOU WILL REALIZE THIS:
FIRES BURN EVERYWHERE
EVERYTHING IS DESTROYED
YOUR POWER GRID IS GONE
YOU ARE DRY AND THIRSTY
YOU ARE HUNGRY AND SICK
YOUR AGRICULTURE IS DONE
YOUR ECONOMY HAS COLLAPSED
YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS RUINED
LAWLESSNESS HAS DESCENDED
IT IS A FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL
YOUR COUNTRY IS FINISHED
YOUR LIFE IS A NIGHTMARE
YOU ENVY THE DEAD
ISAIAH 47:11
DISASTER WILL OVERTAKE YOU;
YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO AVERT IT.
DESTRUCTION WILL FALL ON YOU;
YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO STOP IT.
CALAMITY WILL STRIKE YOU SUDDENLY,
BEFORE YOU RECOGNIZE IT.
It was a day that will be remembered by four of us. The day when me, AzmanRahman, Mozakim and AzmanAbdullah try to capture the beauty of the city that we live in. We settled down with Jelatek first and continued with this Telekom Malaysia tower. Except AzmanRahman, it was our first try and experience in these two photography hot spots for urban landscape of Kuala Lumpur.
The helicopter regularly flies the power lines to look for issues
...or maybe it's a new eco-electric chopper??
***UPDATE***Was a 1st place Winner in the contest "Wired" for the "Magik Troll" group and is featured on the front page of their group during the month of Dec. 2010
one tower at a time....
Bessie just got herself a new pair of shades... Some Doggles for our trip to St. George Island in a few weeks. I'd say she's enjoying them...
Strobist Info:
SB-900 mounted on camera.
Gary Fong Lightsphere with Powergrid attached
Port Jefferson Generating Station in Port Jefferson, New York aerial view - © 2022 David Oppenheimer - Performance Impressions aerial photography archives - performanceimpressions.com
Agfa CT Precisa Iso 100
cross processed
2nd upload today, some of my contacts will remember my 2nd uploads... these are my Lomoshots which I mistakenly deleted 2 month ago. Yes I deleted the album on flickr :-(
Now I will re-upload them as my 2nd uploads
Captured at Lopez Ridge in San Diego, this striking image showcases the intricate and essential maintenance work being performed on an electricity transmission tower.
Now a Cul-de-Sac the canal once connected the Power Station north of Coventry with the Coalfields' of Moira and Donisthorpe in Leicestershire, those pylons are part of the modern powergrid and are heading for the site of the former power station at Longford in Coventry. Those very mines at Moira and Donisthorpe created subsidence which caused the loss of the last 8 miles and despite bickering between the Mine, Rail and Canal owners to close it by 1944 the War Department stepped in and made them keep it open.
Owners the Ashby Canal Trust are working towards rewatering it during the coming decades.
Coal ash pits at Duke Energy Asheville Combined Cycle Plant aerial view at Lake Julian in Arden, North Carolina - © 2022 David Oppenheimer - Performance Impressions aerial photography archives - performanceimpressions.com
At first I didn't like the hydro tower, but then I started to like the juxtaposition of man's made power structure to nature's own. Day 239 in the bag, early!
Enjoy in the light box - It's Sunday!
239/365
Hoisting the wires with the help of a helicopter and a dauntless worker.
After the nuclear accident of Fukushima Germany has declared a turn of policy ("Energiewende"): to close down all nuclear plants and turn to renewable energy production instead. Many new transmission lines are needed to transport electricity from the northern wind farms to southern industrial centres.