Tower Of Power by beachzz

Photography • Architecture • posted on Dec 07, 2008

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Description

This is some kind of tower, or maybe it's tank, at a sewage plant in Huntington Beach. I rode past it every time I went to the beach; there's definitely a bit of a smell. But considering the amount of, well, stuff, this place takes care of, I guess I was lucky it's just a "bit"!! At any rate, I loved the stairs going around the tower, the palm trees, the whole thing. Just another quirky piece of southern California architecture.

Comments (23)

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mickuk50

2:01AM | Sun, 07 December 2008

I thought it was a lighthouse when I saw the thumb .Another cracking shot from you Marilyn :o) Mick

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anahata.c

3:38AM | Sun, 07 December 2008

crackling, yes! The tower is imposing at it is, especially as it has only a few trees around it so that it stands out like a big monolith. But you got this big white light towards the top which makes it look like the gods singled it out for a message! Whatever it's used for (waste?), it feels like an early morning god who pretty much minds its own business unless someone messes with it. You have a nice misty quality to the light, and the sky-blue around it is jewel-like. As Mick says, another crackling shot from you. Really commanding!

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jeroni

3:40AM | Sun, 07 December 2008

Wonderful and very creative work

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artaddict2

3:48AM | Sun, 07 December 2008

Thought it was a Helter Skelter lol(one of those old Fair-rides on mats and slide down). Then as Mick has said I thought Lighthouse, but I haven't any idea what it could be, but its a fascinating building and a great shot! love the high palms towering up next to it!

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durleybeachbum

4:26AM | Sun, 07 December 2008

A poo-tower! Only you could make such a splendid pic out of this, Marilyn!

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tallpindo

5:22AM | Sun, 07 December 2008

It's not the end. Southern California needs water and will go to great lengths to get it.

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JeffG7BRJ

6:29AM | Sun, 07 December 2008

It looks awful like a 'Gas Tank', which I guess it could well be, for the storing of methane gas, which could be used for heating. You know that you can run a car on chicken shit so why not tap into the natural byproduct of human waste Methane Gas. Just a theory. Excellent capture Marylin whatever it's used for, thought provoking thats for sure. I used to have a news paper clip about a vet in Europe, he went to check a cow and stuck a pipe up the cows backside to check for gas, he put a light(flame) to the tube and a jet of flame leaped from the cow and set fire to a dutch barn full of hay. He did a couple of hundred thousand pounds worth of damage, and was fined for it. Superb work, suprising what memories come to mind from a simple picture. Lol. Bravo!!!!!

PD154

8:37AM | Sun, 07 December 2008

Looks like a Helter skelter :)...Now I am singing the song :)..Not the beatles version of course, but the Japenese metal band Loudness, their version urinated all over the original :)...Great capture

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Susank

9:35AM | Sun, 07 December 2008

Palm trees and all it's lovely

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MrsRatbag

10:06AM | Sun, 07 December 2008

Wow, if that's full sewage I sure wouldn't want to fall in! I think I've seen this thing many years back (in my much younger days I spent a lot of time in Huntington Beach). You've made it a work of art!

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guitar-slinger

10:58AM | Sun, 07 December 2008

No matter what is inside..... That is a fantastic shot !!! [^___^] Cheers, Roger

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Thelby

10:59AM | Sun, 07 December 2008

It's the Talapia fish that help keep the smell down, because they eat it!!! And then people buy the fish in the stores unaware of what the lil critters eat to stay alive #^P Nice shooting M !!!

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