Took a really cool drive up Windrock mountain to the wind farm today. The tubines (windmills?) are huge but graceful as they sweep across the sky.
Climbing the mountain you can't see them until you are almost there.
Climbing the mountain you can't see them until you are almost there.
Those blades (each over 100 feet long!) were really moving. We clocked them at 16 rpm which is quite fast for somthing that big. Our friends Billy and Karla, whose Jeep we rode in, said they'd never been able to hear the "whoosh" of the blades so clearly. Check out the video to see/hear them.
These turbines are part of the Buffalo Mountain Wind Farm, a TVA "green power" project.
They are like kinetic sculptures. I think they're really quite beautiful.
I appreciate Billy and Karla taking us up the mountain, it's part of a large off-road recreation area.
Peace,
John
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