You can see them all over the American west as well. They're somewhat of a solution to energy problems, but not very efficient. Interestingly enough, a lot of east-coast democrat congressmen and women were high on these at one time. And then someone proposed building some within viewing distance of the Kennedy compound on Martha's Vineyard. Now wind-powered generators are suddenly taboo among the liberal leadership. Go figure. Paul On Jan 6, 2007, at 11:29 PM, Digital Image Studio wrote:
> On 07/01/07, Rick Womer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Ordinarily, I would be taking (and posting) >> winter-type photos now. However, it reached 72F/ 22C >> in Philadelphia today, the rosebush next door is in >> bloom, and it's not wintry at all. >> >> So, I've returned to my collection of pix from our >> trip to Germany this fall, for this shot taken on a >> cold, wet, blustery morning: >> >> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5420852 >> >> These wind turbines are all over the place in central >> Germany. They are enormous (if you look closely, you >> can see steps and a door at the base of the closest >> one), and turn slowly in a strangely fascinating way. > > Interesting shot, not much more that you could have done to bump up > the contrast given the cloud cover. I hope the green at the bases of > the masts isn't some deluded corporations attempt at camouflage :-( > > -- > Rob Studdert > HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA > Tel +61-2-9554-4110 > UTC(GMT) +10 Hours > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ > Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
