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.
above: Giant wind turbines at Aapua wind park↗, Aapua, Norrbotten↗, Sweden. Photo taken from one of the turbine's engine cabin. There are a total of 7 of them. Each is 78 m high, with rotor diameter of 82 m. (Large Size: windturbines.jpg (1600x1200)) Photo by Anders Bockgård, 2006-03-13 †
above: A array of gargantuan wind turbines in the ocean. 20 of them. Majestic. (Large Size: wind_...rk.jpg (1414x939)) The place is called Middelgrunden. It is located 2 km off shore east of Copenhagen, Denmark. (See Wind power in Denmark↗ )
Photo from “The Winds of Change” (2002-08-26) by Margot Rossevelt. Time Mag. (Source↗ 2008-06)
above: Wind turbines in Neuenkirchen, Dithmarschen. Picture taken in Westerkoog, Schleswig-Holstein↗, Germany. (Large Size: WEAs_...en.jpg (2048x1536)) Photographer: Dirk Ingo Franke †.
above: Wind turbines near Aalborg↗, Denmark. (Large Size: Turbine_aalborg.jpg (1704x2272))
above: Giant windturbines, somewhere around eastern area of Germany, 2003. Each of these are about 20 stories tall. (Large Size: 20030...es.jpg (1120x840)) (Large Size: 20030921_015m.jpg (840x1120))
above: Wind turbine on a rest stop near highway I80, Adel, Iowa, USA. 2004-09. (Large Size: wind_...wa.jpg (1120x840)) 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 Turbine↗.
† Used with permission.
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