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Pretty town, nice view. |
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According to the link below, this windmill was built in 1746. It may be the oldest operating windmill in the US.
http://www.asme.org/Communities/History/Landmarks/Old_Mill_Nantucket_1746.cfm |
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En 1663, se trouvait à cet emplacement un moulin à vent qui a été englobé dans la première fortification de Québec.
In 1663, on this location, was a windmill that was incorporated in the first fortification walls of Quebec. |
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Alfalfa field with a stream running through the middle of it. Hill of Dakota Sandstone on the left. Old farm with windmill on the right. At the right side of this 24 minute pan I had to adjust the exposure to keep up with the fading light. |
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Two Windmills of Weesp De Eendragt and in the background De Vriendschap. Taken from a telescopic boom lift. http://www.weespermolens.org (Best viewed in Google Earth - 360 x 180 degrees, equirectangular image) |
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The dramatic and beautiful castle of Bamburgh stands proud on part of the volcanic Whin Sill overlooking a long stretch of golden sandy beach.
Once capital of the ancient Kingdom of Northumbria it is recorded as first being built in AD547. The first great stone castle was built by the Normans to replace the timber palisade of the Anglo-Saxon castle. After a long period of decline it was restored in the late 19th century by Lord Armstrong and remains in that family. |
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This is the view from Mount Jan Jacinto after riding the Palm Springs Aerial Tram up the mountain. The tram is a rotating gondola which takes you 2.5 miles up the face of the mountain. http://www.pstramway.com/ (Key Grip: Ben Wills) BTW, there is a Peregine Falcon perched in one of the trees... can you find it? |
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This historic Sawmill was built in the year 1863, and restored in 1955 & 2005.
This 8 sided mill is powered by 4 vanes of 22.5 meter length (74 foot ) each, and drives 3 huge saw blades. Now a days the mill is operated by a group of volunteers, who run the mill as a museum (open for public on saterday and tuesday). On the photo you can see the volunteers hoisting in a tree trunk from the water reservoir. Unfortunately the mill started rotating again when the shooting was about halfway. I tried timing the rotation in order to catch the last right hand vane in horizontal position ( took about 30 extra photo's on that attempt). Since I used a large overlap for such purposes, I was able to reconstruct the vane in the air. I will try to patch up the messy reflection in the water on the finished photo before printing on canvas. |
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When you mention Alaska and energy, most people think of oil, and they think of the pipeline that crosses Alaska from Prudoe Bay to Valdez. Folks ask me how much oil costs here, thinking that it costs a lot less than in other states like New York or Virginia. They are surprised when I tell them that although Kotzebue is certainly in Alaska, we pay more for gas than most other folks in America. It seems to costs about twice as much for gasoline here.
Sure, Alaskan oil fields produce crude oil, but Kotzebue, Alaska doesn't have any oil wells. It doesn't have any refineries either. Alaska crude oil is shipped to a refinery elsewhere, and then petroleum products come back north to Kotzebue by barge. Even if Kotzebue has no oil wells, we do have wind. We have lots of wind. Our local power company had the vision to harness wind power with this array of wind mills. Our growing wind farm takes on new importance as the cost of petroleum rises. Right now about 10% of our electricity comes from these windmills. I hear that we plan to add even more windmills in the years to come. |
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I missed the best light while shooting other Gigapans, but even in less than optimal light this was a striking scene. |