Kinderdijk windmills: unique & iconic water management

A significant part of Holland is situated up to approximately 7 meters below sea level. The Dutch don’t notice any of this though, because an incredibly innovative and intricate system keeps the ever-rising seawater from flooding the land. Even during spring tide, the Dutch are safely guarded from being washed away…

The most important aspect of UNESCO World Heritage Kinderdijk is undoubtedly the unique collection of 19 authentic windmills, which are considered a Dutch icon throughout the entire world.

(As seen in: www.kinderdijk.com/ )

Today I fancied a trip out photographing nice things. Was a nice, clear day so I decided to seek out Chesterton windmill near Warwick.

Lovely day, lovely windmill :)

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Wilton Windmill - Taken: 11 March 2016 at 16:48

The three windmills of Lotte Hotel in Jeju-do, South Korea. The main one with the logo "Pungcha lounge" serves as an Italian/Western restaurant with delicious cuisines.

Pungcha Lounge, Lotte Hotel, Jeju-do

The museum windmill in the schermer, a polder in holland.

The windmills are a genuis system and used to create polders from huge lakes in holland.

The old windmill on Nantucket, early morning.

Shot with Canon T1i, EF-S17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM @ 17mm

¹⁄₄₀₀ sec at f/13, ISO100, no flash

Set in the vineyards overlooking the Retz town, this windmill dates back to the 18th century and is one of the last two operational mills in Austria.

Windmill near Kapellen, North Rhine-Westfalia, Germany. Photo taken with pinhole camera.

Smøla Wind Farm is a 68 turbine wind farm located on the island of Smøla in Norway. It’s the largest wind farm in the country and the largest onshore wind farm in Europe. The farm covers an area of 18 square kilometres. The farm was built in two phases The first stage (20 x 2.0 MW) was opened September 5, 2002 and the second (48 x 2.3 MW) in September 2005. The maximum production capacity is 150 MW and is’s generates 450 GWh in average per year.

Read more about Smøla Wind farm here: www.statkraft.com/Images/Faktaark%20Smøla%20Wind%20Farm%...

Read more about wind power: www.statkraft.com/energy-sources/wind-power/

While trying out a new motorcycle track I passed this windmill near Tilburg. Sad to say, the landscape has changed of the years and now the windmill is surrounded by new buildings. So I had some hard time to frame the picture to exclude all those interfering elements.

This windmill is the only one left of its kind in the U.K

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heckington_Windmill

Eggboetswater

Windmill at Fabyan Park

Geneva il 03/06/2006

Windmills of Kato Mili, Chora

Sepia tint windmill at Wicken Fen

Four windmills on top of a hill

The last thatched windmill in the UK. The sky was really that colour.

Windmill near Clocolan, Eastern Free State, South Africa

An after work trip to Chesterton Windmill resulted in this. I thought it might rain so I was glad the clouds shifted.

Used a GND and tripod, lens at 18mm, f/16

I've now made myself a website and used this as the homepage, take a look here: thphotos.co.uk/

This photo is the final image of a small set taken on the same evening, read my blog about them here: thphotos.co.uk/2011/10/evening-at-chesterton-windmill-war....

Olympus OMD EM1 with 12-40 and Hoya NDX400

I was very happy with how this one turned out!

Dutch Windmill was completed in 1903, and the southern Murphy Windmill was completed in 1908

At Rush Ranch, Solano Land Trust, Solano County, Northern California

The only way to get the entire windmill is to either stand far on the road or use a wide angle lens. I picked the second solution as getting run over by a car did not really appeal to me.

Now owned by the National Trust, Bembridge Windmill is an imposing local landmark.

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