Sun and Wind
Today we went on a field trip to the Wind Farm in Bowling Green, OH. It's one of the very few places you can go INSIDE a working wind turbine - VERY cool! These turbines are HUGE! Ground to tip of blade, they stand 391 feet tall! Each blade weighs 22,000 pounds! The nacelle (that box-like thing at the top that the blades are connected to) is the size of a school bus and contains the generator. There are four of these turbines at this wind farm, which is right across the street from the Wood County Landfill.
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Sun, wind and sky! A beautiful composition, and interesting perspective. A lot of interesting facts about the wind turbines too! Did you get to go up in it?
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ReplyDeleteWeird about the commenting! We got to go inside but hardly anyone is allowed to go up the ladder to the top. Due to liability issues, only repair people and engineer types are allowed up. It's 15 feet in diameter at the base and tapers a bit toward the top, so there was plenty of room inside for my entire class.
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