West Texas wind turbine farm by Richardphotos

Photography • Landscape • posted on Jan 17, 2008

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I took this on my last trip to Nevada.I was lucky to spot from the air.the only way I noticed was the bright gravel roads.this is for Digimon other wise known as Eric thanks for viewing and any comments I think that I heard that this farm is 30 miles from the front gate on the left side to the end on the right side Turbines are used in nearly all electrical generating technologies, and wind power is no different. The blades — or rotors — of a wind turbine are similar to airplane blades. Strong, steady winds cause the blades, some as long as 130 feet, to rotate a turbine. The rotating motion of magnets in the turbines causes an electric field that can generate a flow of electrical current. Wind turbines are usually mounted on towers from 100 feet to 300 feet tall because wind speed increases with height. Turbines operate best in areas where wind speeds are 16 mph to 20 mph at a height of 50 meters. Wide open West Texas, where the winds whip across the plains, is an ideal location for wind projects, also called wind farms.

Comments (109)

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mickeyrony

4:36PM | Thu, 17 January 2008

Very interesting my friend beautiful catch of sight elaborate on these turbines Bravo and mile mercies still ((5++))........................................................((Très intéressant mon ami belle prise de vue élaborée sur ces turbines .Bravo et mile mercis encore ((5++))

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shadownet

4:42PM | Thu, 17 January 2008

Very cool photo and information! I have seen these huge turbines in the Northwest and they always fascinate me. :O)

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pops

4:58PM | Thu, 17 January 2008

Excellent capture Richard

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Sherena

5:14PM | Thu, 17 January 2008

Wooww amazing view...

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magnus073

5:29PM | Thu, 17 January 2008

Beautiful photo from the air Richard, and thanks so much for all of the details. I for one love all the info that people can give to go along with their posts.

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Steff_7

5:34PM | Thu, 17 January 2008

Very surreal kinda look with this farm seemingly floating on the landscape. Love your photos and the information you put with them. Excellent capture Richard...

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bakapo

5:50PM | Thu, 17 January 2008

wow, this is fascinating! great shot, bravo!

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stevey3d

5:55PM | Thu, 17 January 2008

Fantastic Image Richard! Superb detail!

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soffy

6:30PM | Thu, 17 January 2008

WOW fantastic shot Richard,thanks for sharing****

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monica.rd

6:38PM | Thu, 17 January 2008

Fantastic capture Richard!I always try to do some picture from the plain.They are fascinating! ...And thanks. Monica

MrsLubner

6:55PM | Thu, 17 January 2008

much like "connect-the-dots" LOL Cool shot.

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bpclarke

7:05PM | Thu, 17 January 2008

What a wonderful arial shot! We have them in Northern California and they are huge, so this scale is wonderful to see. Excellent capture. Bunny

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npauling

7:19PM | Thu, 17 January 2008

A great pattern these make on the landscape. We have a few of these farms too though not on this scale but then we are only a very small country. Lovely shot.

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OrphanedSoul

7:55PM | Thu, 17 January 2008

Yep looks like home!

frankie96

8:23PM | Thu, 17 January 2008

Cool patterns as seen from above..we have a lot of these here in certain regions of the SF Bay Area..

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mapps

8:44PM | Thu, 17 January 2008

WOW cool :-)

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Cytisus

9:19PM | Thu, 17 January 2008

Excellent air view!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We have one like it on Whiskey Dick Mountain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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JillianElf

10:29PM | Thu, 17 January 2008

Great arial view. I always itch to paint what I see from the air, it is abstract yet real and natural.

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amota99517

11:24PM | Thu, 17 January 2008

What an amazing setup and such a great capture of this whole area.

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babuci

12:32AM | Fri, 18 January 2008

Excelent aerial capture. Like a draw together "dots".

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jif3d

12:52AM | Fri, 18 January 2008

Not like the ones in Europe, where the wind turbines are all in neat row, I guess there must be some low hills for the farmers to place them in a seemingly random way ? Kool plane capture and dedication for Eric ! ~Cheers~

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Thelby

1:13AM | Fri, 18 January 2008

Now This is just Cool on Top of Cool Richard! Thanks So Much for the Info!!!

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PIERRE25

3:17AM | Fri, 18 January 2008

Jolie vue aérienne!

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prionbrain

3:59AM | Fri, 18 January 2008

WOW!!! That's a cool shot!!! Very impressive landscape and technology!!!

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delaorden_ojeda

4:07AM | Fri, 18 January 2008

cool aerial shot, excent view, impressive details !

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tallpindo

5:42AM | Fri, 18 January 2008

I saw one of these blades on a truck trailer in a rest area in Louisiana. I walked over and read GE wind systems. Then later I read that Enron had sold it's operations in Texas on wind power to GE of Schenectady NY.

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