• I live just South of this edge. The steam billowing into the sky is a local fixture. Great shot. - willstotler

reactor steam

just north of philadelphia - on the way back from detroit to nyc

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    plugimi, _derek, piceyebone, mjwinter, and 29 other people added this photo to their favorites.

  2. anakiti (70 months ago | reply)

    wow... scary...

  3. plugimi (70 months ago | reply)

    wonderful photo!

  4. S.D. (70 months ago | reply)

    Very Scary!

  5. piceyebone (70 months ago | reply)

    waddabeauty!!

  6. c0y0teway (70 months ago | reply)

    Nice view -- and just about the only way you take photos of the plants these days without getting your name on some FBI watch list.

  7. mjwinter (70 months ago | reply)

    Fantastic view - and probably the clearest photo taken froma plane that I've seen.

  8. bobmorton (70 months ago | reply)

    and that pure white look so benign!

  9. jschumacher (70 months ago | reply)

    limerick?

    There once were cooling towers in Pennsylvania
    Whose steam caused much mania
    From the plane she could see them in toto
    So musiquegirl snapped a quick photo
    Now Homeland Security is coming to detain ya!

  10. musiquegirl (70 months ago | reply)

    wow! thanks everyone for the comments

    the steam really did stand out on the trip back from detroit to nyc

    and it's really close to philadelphia! although nantucket would work better with that limerick....

  11. G-rome (70 months ago | reply)

    A nice way to transform a chimney in art ...

  12. KnowWonNose [deleted] (70 months ago | reply)

    I don't know how to react to this. But I know I'm steamed!

  13. musiquegirl (70 months ago | reply)

    ha G-rome! chimney art..., hahahahaha!
    you're gonna make KWN even more steamed!

  14. Rich Baker (70 months ago | reply)

    Very nice, although I have to wonder why there's no plane wing in the picture. Were you skydiving?

  15. musiquegirl (70 months ago | reply)

    ha! Rich, no - I was in the front of the plane, a very small plane! The wings were behind me, and the window was rather clean, I got lucky with this!

  16. ChrissyJ (70 months ago | reply)

    I'm not trying to claim that nuclear power plants are without risk, but the steam that comes out the top is just steam - water vapor. It's not dangerous or radioactive, nor are there any other pollutants present in the steam.

    Nice shot! I'm jealous, I never seem to get a clean window....

  17. musiquegirl (70 months ago | reply)

    thanks Chrissy, the steam is pretty clean looking!

  18. ºDaines (70 months ago | reply)

    I CAN SEE MY HOUSE! Not really, but it's somewhere in that picture.

  19. musiquegirl (70 months ago | reply)

    hi Daines - mark it! mark it!

  20. trexcali (70 months ago | reply)

    love it ,great shot, i am never pleased with my window seat shots, but you seem to get great ones..what the secret?

  21. musiquegirl (70 months ago | reply)

    thanks trexcali - dunno, just have a little nikon point and shoot..., maybe it's just that I travel so much, I get a lot of chances!

  22. dM.nyc™ (69 months ago | reply)

    Very, very cool.

  23. musiquegirl (69 months ago | reply)

    thanks dM!

  24. redfourtysix (69 months ago | reply)

    nice colors and detail, very interesting

  25. musiquegirl (69 months ago | reply)

    thanks redfourtysix!

  26. Leviathor (65 months ago | reply)

    You are invited to post this image to Spectacular Objects - Invite Only.
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  27. musiquegirl (65 months ago | reply)

    thanks, what an honor!!

  28. Weinaiko™ (63 months ago | reply)

    How could I miss this one ? It's a fantastic photo !

  29. nancz (62 months ago | reply)

    what a view of this.... I happen to live north of Philadelphia.....scary reminder! Wonderful shot!

  30. musiquegirl (62 months ago | reply)

    @weinaiko - merci!
    @nancz - thanks, the things you see from a plane!

  31. ucumari (55 months ago | reply)

    Very frightening, but a great photo!

  32. musiquegirl (55 months ago | reply)

    thanks ucumari!

  33. Jean21 (54 months ago | reply)

    Great Photo! : - )

  34. musiquegirl (54 months ago | reply)

    thanks jean21!

  35. verstumfung (50 months ago | reply)

    I work at a nuke so I see absolutely nothing scary about this pic, but it is a nice shot.

  36. musiquegirl (50 months ago | reply)

    thanks verstumfung - the word nuke is scary to lots of people!

  37. hunters.green (49 months ago | reply)

    I went to Ursinus Collge for a year and its located just a few miles away from the power plant. I remember waking up some days and only seeing one huge cloud in the sky. And it was the steam from those two towers.

  38. musiquegirl (49 months ago | reply)

    thanks hunters.green - you must have felt like you had a few too many beers waking up to that!

  39. cltan47 [deleted] (43 months ago | reply)

    great shot

  40. musiquegirl (43 months ago | reply)

    thanks victorcitan!!

  41. musiquegirl (34 months ago | reply)

    thanks for the note willstotler - kind of makes it more personal!

  42. Pietro Bellesia (32 months ago | reply)

    fantastic

  43. musiquegirl (32 months ago | reply)

    thanks Pietro

  44. alex.steev [deleted] (29 months ago | reply)

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called About everything beautiful , and we'd love to have this added to the group!

  45. Tides WIll Turn (Please read my profile) [deleted] (26 months ago | reply)

    This is about a 10 minute ride from my house. Great shot.

  46. musiquegirl (26 months ago | reply)

    Thanks alex and Tides...

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