Tilting At Windmills by beachzz
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As I drove to my sister's, I had to cross the Altamont Pass**. It's always fascinated me, these huge windmills all over the hills. I wish I'd had more time for more fotos, but they don't like you stopping on the side of the road (and I never take fotos while I'm driving!! well, hardly ever!!)
do zoom!!
ps--two days without internet connection and i had over 100 bots and emails!! i just couldn't catch up with all of them, so please forgive me if i missed commenting on some of your fotos!!
**windmills
Comments (18)
bmac62
Wind mills...ok, but not in my backyard. I'd be happier if they looked like old Dutch windmills. But fine capture on your part!!!
artaddict2
Personally I think they are great, we've had some built recently, visible from our area and there was a lot of protests against them blotting the landscape etc etc. the ones we have are enormous but I reckon they could be smaller than those shown in your shot. Anyhow I am totally fascinated by ours and IMO enhance the landscape excellent capture Marilyn and great postwork.
lizzibell
Beautiful work...
durleybeachbum
They look like giant insects!
sharky_
When I first seen the windmills in Hawaii, I just couldn't believe how huge it was. In the lower picture, it almost looks like acupuncture of the earth surface. Interesting shot of these windmills. Aloha
petercp
They are starting to dot our landscape here in Australia as well they are huge, nicely taken indeed!
photostar
Great shots of these 'beasts.' We are beginning to get the first crop of ridge-top windmills here where I live. More 'farms' are planned in the near future.
PD154
Excellent work Maz. I like your presentation here!
MrsRatbag
There is something very otherworldly about these, don't you think? But they're for a good cause, so I don't mind them much. Great shots and presentation!
anahata.c
great comments (ie, they look like giant insects, like acupuncture for the earth, etc) I love the shot, love the saturated blue, I love the deep amber of the sand against the blue, and your bordering is really inventive. You saw this on the way to your sisters...I'm glad people are using them. We need lots of alternatives, we should be exploring everything we know...Very enticing shot, and once again you've found the power...
drace68
I'm all for them.
hipps13
awesome!!! warm hugs, Linda
goodoleboy
On top of Old Smokey! So where is Don Quixote? Stellar shots of the windmills, collectively and officially known as a wind farm, Maz. There are several variants in this genre. A wind farm is a group of wind turbines in the same location used for production of electric power. Individual turbines are interconnected with a medium voltage (usually 34.5 kV) power collection system and communications network. Source: Wikipedia encylopedia. Love the lighting effects of the rolling amber hills in the bottom foto.
Chipka
I love wind-farms, and though I saw a gorgeous one in Dortmund (or at least near Dortmund) I never got to really photograph it. As a result of that, I'm really glad to see these beauties here. They are gorgeous. In some ways, the remind me of real-world versions of bizarre things I'd see in the pages of OMNI Magazine, way back when. Ah, I miss that magazine! Great shots here, especially the greenish amber hills rolling ever so serenely!
bebert
very nice shot
flavia49
excellent image!
auntietk
I love the fact that you've shown us what they look like marching over the hills and what they look like up close. Excellent presentation!
anaber
Excellent capture.They look wakking.Beautiful effect and they are welcome.