Windmills

[GREAPER]

They have installed several power generating windmills in a town called Bowling Green which is south of us here in Toledo. They have been a huge success generating more power than they thought they would.

I have wanted to get an interesting shot of these windmills since they built them but never got a chance. Last night I was working third shift and I was in the area around sunrise so I drove by there.

These are what I got.

http://dehmphoto.smugmug.com/photos/17565296-M.jpg

http://dehmphoto.smugmug.com/photos/17565297-M.jpg

http://dehmphoto.smugmug.com/photos/17565298-M.jpg

[GREAPER]

Here is another that gives a better idea of scale...


http://dehmphoto.smugmug.com/photos/17565917-L.jpg

[lr1811]

Here is another that gives a better idea of scale...


http://dehmphoto.smugmug.com/photos/17565917-L.jpg
nice shots!!! great idea to take them when you did!

[dragon300zx]

Great shots Greap. Those were deffinatley not there the last time I was in BG. Is the Chi-Chi's still there?

[Angelo]

Hey Greap, nice set. I like #2 best.

Next time I'm near Palm Springs I'll snap some pix of the "sea" of these things that line I-10.

[GREAPER]

Great shots Greap. Those were deffinatley not there the last time I was in BG. Is the Chi-Chi's still there?

I dont think so. I think they all closed around here.

[GREAPER]

Hey Greap, nice set. I like #2 best.

Next time I'm near Palm Springs I'll snap some pix of the "sea" of these things that line I-10.

I have seen the ones on the way to yosemite from SF. Hundreds of them. These here are a little different than the ones I saw.

The ones in BG are over 300 feet tall. The generator section on top is the size of a bus.

[Angelo]

The ones in BG are over 300 feet tall. The generator section on top is the size of a bus.
Yeah, same as Palm Springs. Imagine a couple hundred that size. When they're spinning, the sound is... gee, beyond scary. Otherworldly?

[Ann McRae]

Hey Greaper
It is so bizarre, but on the weekend we were in Lethbridge - a phenominally windy place - and I photographed their wind farms!!!! Not at sunset, and I do not know how well as I still haven't dl'd them ( I have 6 soccer games that I must post, and 2 more sets of photos to order for customers, and a day job, and, and and.......) Anyway, these are lovely, and I find it a funny coincidence that someone else was photographing windmills at the same time I was!

ann

[pathfinder]

Nice sunset Greaper.

There is a huge facility west of Dodge City Kansas on US 56. This ismage only shows avery small number of the total windmills there. Notice the mills in the distance along the horizon of this shot - the area utilized must cover hundreds and hundres of acres of ground.
http://pathfinder.smugmug.com/photos/875266-L.jpg

[GREAPER]

I had no idea there were this many. I wonder why they said they were surprised that they were successful?

[GREAPER]

Hey Greaper
It is so bizarre, but on the weekend we were in Lethbridge - a phenominally windy place - and I photographed their wind farms!!!! Not at sunset, and I do not know how well as I still haven't dl'd them ( I have 6 soccer games that I must post, and 2 more sets of photos to order for customers, and a day job, and, and and.......) Anyway, these are lovely, and I find it a funny coincidence that someone else was photographing windmills at the same time I was!

ann


When you get a chance, post them up here, I would like to see them.