High Voltage Transmission Pylons, near Tracy, CA, 2010.
All the pixels, none of the electrocution hazard, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/4491938005/
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@[email protected] bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…
… Wait, my mistake, we’re not in the middle of summer yet.
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm…
This was captured with a DSLR and a 24mm shifting lens.
This “portal” type transmission pylon, looking like part of an army of rather menacing giant robots, is part of the Pacific AC Intertie, one of the two major power transmission trunks running up and down the western US. It has capacity for about 5 gigawatts of electric power.
Do not climb.
@[email protected] they look straight out of Tron
Here, as elsewhere, infrastructure is quietly heroic.
@[email protected] Interesting compositional choice, to include the fence. I’d probably have omitted it.
@[email protected] I go back and forth on how much context I like to show.
@[email protected] @[email protected] I like the interplay of off-vertical lines
@[email protected] May I quote you on that?
@[email protected] They look like the recognizers from Tron.
