Google Earth fileXah Lee, 2006-03
Wind turbines are those turning things that generate energy when blown by wind. In the old times, the same idea is called windmill. Modern turbines are some 80 meters high (roughly 20 stories), and usually in clusters of tens of them, forming a wind farm. It is a hallmark of technology, a awe-inspiring beauty to behold. It is one of modern clean energy resource.
Giant wind turbines at Aapua, Norrbotten↗, Sweden. Photo taken from one of the turbine's engine cabin. There are a total of 7 of them. (full size photo 1600x1200) Photo by Anders Bockgård, 2006-03-13 †
A array of gargantuan wind turbines in the ocean. 20 of them. Majestic. (full-size image 1414x936) The place is called Middelgrunden. It is located 2 km off shore east of Copenhagen↗, Denmark↗.
This photo is from Time Mag, “The Winds of Change” by Margot Rossevelt, 2002-08-26. Online article at: http://www.time.com/time/2002/greencentury/enenergy.html.
Wind turbines in Neuenkirchen, Dithmarschen. Picture taken in Westerkoog, Schleswig-Holstein↗, Germany. (full size image 2048x1536) Photographer: Dirk Ingo Franke †.
Wind turbines near Aalborg↗, Denmark. (full size image)
above: Giant windturbines, somewhere around eastern area of Germany, 2003. Each of these are about 20 stories tall.
above: Wind turbine on a rest stop near highway I80, Adel, Iowa, USA. 2004-09. It is made of 25 sections, each is about 170 cm, so the total height is about 42 meters or 10 stories high.
For more info about wind turbine, see Wikipedia: Wind power↗, Wind Turbine↗, Wind farm↗
† Used with permission.
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