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every day we -
drive the car instead of walk / train / bus / bike to school or work: go shopping to entertain ourselves: buy food that's travelled thousands of kilometres to reach us: products ditto: jet off around the world on holidays - especially 'eco' holidays - because it's alright now, we bought a couple of low-energy light-globes only last week: leave air-conditioners chilling and lights blazing because we're entitled to: etc. etc. and most of all assume that none of this really means I have to change -
brings us that much closer to a disaster so complete that most of our imaginations simply fail to grasp it
the new world that these turbines exemplify is inevitable; denying it or resisting it is not only ultimately futile, it increases the likelihood that a severe austerity will eventually have to be imposed, rather than a milder one negotiated
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nyctalope, JennyHuang, ˇBerd, Photographer Jerry Lee, and 38 other people added this photo to their favorites.
nyctalope (55 months ago | reply)
Great composition and colors ! A fave...
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Bill Swindaman (55 months ago | reply)
Agreed, a very well-composed shot.
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Rich007 (55 months ago | reply)
What a fabulous, surreal landscape!
Rob Scumaci (55 months ago | reply)
Looks like a screenshot from a computer game. Cool.
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crazyc78 (55 months ago | reply)
great composition!
smalltownSK (55 months ago | reply)
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It's hard to imagine how huge these are unless you've seen them for yourself. I saw Canada's largest wind farm of 83 turbines near Swift Current, Saskatchewan last summer. It was truly amazing. I like the colours and the perspective in this shot.
JennyHuang (55 months ago | reply)
Beautiful.
PrevailingConditions (55 months ago | reply)
Nice color treatment. I like the symmetry of the windmills too.
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Pete foley (55 months ago | reply)
Cool pic, looks a lot like a wind farm I found in the Gobi desert last month, it is catching on
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ValerioFigueiredo (55 months ago | reply)
Very good, this sky is surreal! Looks like another world. :)
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tklancer (55 months ago | reply)
Great shot, and a very sadly true message...
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ˇBerd (55 months ago | reply)
I appreciate your comment about consumption and the need to change our ways so as not to destroy the planet.
johnnycanuck (55 months ago | reply)
Very well composed !
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princessbren2006 (55 months ago | reply)
Yep we are in a climate crisis and alot has to change
thermophle (55 months ago | reply)
I think things will slowly improve, but at a snails pace. You're right, will it then be too late?
I also think our nations' leaders bear some responsibility for setting laws and facilitating change. If only the popular vote mattered (in the US), things might be different today.
Godspeed70 (55 months ago | reply)
for contributing to global warming awareness
♥siebe © (55 months ago | reply)
GREAT picture! & nice composition!
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Alex Salvador ©FocusOnBeauty (55 months ago | reply)
Great process
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BlueJeff (55 months ago | reply)
wow, just like a post card!
Life of David (55 months ago | reply)
Great photo. It looks futuristic but wind power really isn't.
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Marie Kelleher (55 months ago | reply)
The message is right-on. But the photo? That's just freakin' beautiful. This is one of the things that I don't understand about people who oppose wind turbines in their area because they're "unsightly." In my opinion, modern wind turbines are really very graceful.
And the orange? Outstanding.
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adarshr (55 months ago | reply)
Very nice. Like the angle and perspective of this photo. Colours too match well. Perfect in short!
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Traces in the Sand [deleted] (55 months ago | reply)
love the tones in this, and the perspective is great!! I saw some wonderful offshore windfarms in copenhagen, truly breathtaking, massive turbines. I like Denmark's approach to wind energy - lots of small scale "village size" projects, rather than giant windfarms, I think this way it's a lot less intrusive on the visual/natural environment.
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redwhisk (55 months ago | reply)
Interesting effect and lovely shot. The tones make the point, even without the words.
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wRItinG, Ellyn (55 months ago | reply)
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brilliant work, beautifully done
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Light Collector (55 months ago | reply)
Very powerful photograph. Well done!
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Light Collector (55 months ago | reply)
Traces in the Sand:
Not sure what you mean by small "village size" projects in Denmark. Denmark is a leader in wind generated power and has two quite large projects that I am aware of. Nysted with 72 towers and Horns Rev with 80. Between them, they can produce enough power to meet the consumption requirements of about 295,000 average Danish homes. That is a lot of villages!
www.windpower.org/en/pictures/offshore.htm
liam.jon_d (55 months ago | reply)
rather a large village indeed! thanks for the link to the offshore turbine projects - truly breathtaking!
(though i do think one of the company's sites is a little unintentionally comic to a native english speaker! witness this page...)
siskokid (55 months ago | reply)
Love the colors on this one!
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Jon Christall (55 months ago | reply)
nice tones.
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drewsmuse (55 months ago | reply)
great shot!
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Slavin@ (catching up) (55 months ago | reply)
I saw this in the 10+ Faves group and Faved it.
mae gabriel (55 months ago | reply)
Great orange tones against the whites.
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Right Brain | Chris Piazza (55 months ago | reply)
Great treatment...
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Chee Seong (55 months ago | reply)
Nice pp...well done.
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Don César (55 months ago | reply)
I will get my lense on one of these one day =). Great work
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amnesiac? (55 months ago | reply)
Agree with your message and love your photo !!
Voluntary changes will help if they become a mass movement but at the current pace it is way to slow to have significant impact ... we are in a slow slide into irreversible changes of our biosphere...
Last year in northern Spain I saw many mountain ridges dominated by these huge turbines... they were intrusive but a welcome view given the alternatives.
PinotPhoto [deleted] (53 months ago | reply)
Fantastic ...
Photokat27 (49 months ago | reply)
you put that very well, and it really caught my attention
hope the movement catches on, no?
Bush Philosopher - Dave Clarke (45 months ago | reply)
Brilliant imagination in the use of the sky colour to give an unworldly feel - and as you suggest, the world in 2050 might not be much like the present one if we don't get off our arses and do something about climate change and other of our big environmental problems.
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called WInd turbines of Australia, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Gaston.ch (43 months ago | reply)
Thanks for the comment!
Very good shout!
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Rockenbauer K. (41 months ago | reply)
Nice Photo!
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kugel (31 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called aeiou/[ not a single rule! ], and we'd love to have this added to the group!
kugel (31 months ago | reply)
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dscreativ (21 months ago | reply)
Love the Mars atmosphere, great shot :-)
www.windturbines.net (16 months ago | reply)
Excellent choice of colors.