• Matt Blaze@federate.socialOP
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    13 days ago

    This was captured near the Tesla substation (no relation to the car company) near Altamont Pass with a DSLR and a 400mm lens, compressing the turbines in a way that made them resemble a histogram.

    There’s a lot of power being generated in those hills. There was an audible hum in the air and vibrations could be felt in the ground. In some spots, the camera rebooted from induced currents.

    Infrastructure like this is easy to ignore, but has an accidental beauty that I think is worth examining.

    • pmonks (330ppm)@sfba.social
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      13 days ago

      @mattblaze@federate.social The turbines are my favourite part of driving over Altamont Pass. The massive wind farm near Rio Vista is another sight for sore eyes.

    • Matt Blaze@federate.socialOP
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      13 days ago

      The scale of these wind farms is beyond what we’re equipped to process in day-to-day human experience. They conquer the landscape in ways we can’t fully comprehend even when they’re in front of us. In a sense, they’re abstract sculptures of themselves, mostly visible in fleeting glances from interstate highways or airplane windows.

    • Star12Mt@masto.nyc
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      13 days ago

      @mattblaze@federate.social They do resemble a histogram. And the sense that they are sculptural makes the landscape much more interesting to me