High Voltage Transmission Pylons, near Tracy, CA, 2010.
All the pixels, none of the electrocution hazard, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/4491938005/
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@mattblaze@federate.social They look like the recognizers from Tron.
This was captured with a DSLR and a 24mm shifting lens.
This “portal” type transmission pylon, looking like part of an army of rather menacing giant robots, is part of the Pacific AC Intertie, one of the two major power transmission trunks running up and down the western US. It has capacity for about 5 gigawatts of electric power.
Do not climb.
@mattblaze@federate.social they look straight out of Tron
Here, as elsewhere, infrastructure is quietly heroic.
@mattblaze@federate.social May I quote you on that?
@mattblaze@federate.social Interesting compositional choice, to include the fence. I’d probably have omitted it.
@SteveBellovin@infosec.exchange I go back and forth on how much context I like to show.
@mattblaze@federate.social @SteveBellovin@infosec.exchange I like the interplay of off-vertical lines
@mattblaze@federate.social bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…
… Wait, my mistake, we’re not in the middle of summer yet.
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm…
