Power Grid

[Harvey Melvin Richards]

Post up photos of the power grid.

I was out for a Saturday bike ride and when I got to the top of a hill, I noticed all the different new solar farms. From one vantage point I saw 5 different installations.

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Three Peaks Solar Farm by Harvey Richards, on Flickr

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Iron Springs Solar Farm by Harvey Richards, on Flickr

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Iron Springs Solar Farm and Bulk Plant by Harvey Richards, on Flickr

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Cedar Valley Solar Farm by Harvey Richards, on Flickr

And the Cedar Valley farm from a different vantage point.

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Cedar Valley Solar Farm by Harvey Richards, on Flickr

 

[Harvey Melvin Richards]

Another view point of the Three Peaks Farm with an older substation. All of these houses are actually off the grid, even though they are surrounded by it.

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Three Peaks Solar Farm and Substation by Harvey Richards, on Flickr

 

[Brian Beezley]

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[SVQuant]

Not "my" grid, but I have always loved the transmission towers at Hoover dam.

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[SVQuant]

Wind farms in Mojave, CA (taken with my wife's iPhone 6s )

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[rloewy]

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Water and Electricity

 

[Harvey Melvin Richards]

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Power Lines by Harvey Richards, on Flickr

 

[NoSeconds]

Not "my" grid, but I have always loved the transmission towers at Hoover dam.

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That'd be "fun" to work on...

 

[SVQuant]

That'd be "fun" to work on...

The way they do this is pretty cool (not my video).

I have a photo somewhere from my film days as well.. I need to finish scanning them all some time

 

[NoSeconds]

The way they do this is pretty cool (not my video).

I have a photo somewhere from my film days as well.. I need to finish scanning them all some time

Yep, crazy bastards!!!

 

[PacNWMike]

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[PacNWMike]

that would make a wonderful print

Thanks! No wall space around here though.

 

[PacNWMike]

Nearby Northrup Canyon is where the man-camps were during construction of the Grand Coulee dam. They dumped garbage in nearby piles. I think they ate a lot of beans.

 

[SVQuant]

Not an m43 shot, but this one certainly fits this thread. Span 1 of the Sognefjord Spans across the Sognefjord in Norway. The span is over 4km long. Taken early morning from an open boat deck while holding a 4yo with one hand. Nikon D40 + 18-55 kit lens.

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[rloewy]

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Cardiff by the Sea, CA - old beach towns are charming in their messy, thrown together feel... It sure feels like whoever designed the power-grid here was in his flip-flops on his way to the beach to surf.

 

[Harvey Melvin Richards]

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Cardiff by the Sea, CA - old beach towns are charming in their messy, thrown together feel... It sure feels like whoever designed the power-grid here was in his flip-flops on his way to the beach to surf.

My wife took some photos of the power lines in Bejing several years ago, and your lines look highly organized compared to those in China.

 

[rloewy]

My wife took some photos of the power lines in Bejing several years ago, and your lines look highly organized compared to those in China.

I am sure this is true - have seen some things that made me worried to just be in their vicinity in other countries. It is less common in here, however.

 

[Harvey Melvin Richards]

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Three Peaks Power Lines by Harvey Richards, on Flickr

 

[oldracer]

Here's an odd one I put together for a landscape class I took a couple of years ago. All are views from an urban park.

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[Harvey Melvin Richards]

Insulators with some damn bird in the way.

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Red Tail by Harvey Richards, on Flickr