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JoeThePop

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I love my home state of Michigan, especially during the summer. Spotted this freighter headed up the St. Clair River while eating lunch in Marysville. Cargo of wind turbine blades. No doubt headed to a port somewhere in the “thumb” where there are literally hundreds of wind turbines in farm fields. E336766C-DB44-447B-9CDB-3C248D607620.jpeg
 
I love my home state of Michigan, especially during the summer. Spotted this freighter headed up the St. Clair River while eating lunch in Marysville. Cargo of wind turbine blades. No doubt headed to a port somewhere in the “thumb” where there are literally hundreds of wind turbines in farm fields. View attachment 26401
It’s incredible how big those blades are. I was passed on the highway by a semi with one blade behind it spread across two extended flatbeds, in Michigan. Michigan likes it’s turbines (and why not? I think they’re beautiful. Palm Springs CA also had hundreds of them). Nice photo!
 
It’s incredible how big those blades are. I was passed on the highway by a semi with one blade behind it spread across two extended flatbeds, in Michigan. Michigan likes it’s turbines (and why not? I think they’re beautiful. Palm Springs CA also had hundreds of them). Nice photo!

I've seen the same. They are GINORMOUS! I think they're beautiful also, sort of like huge sculptures dotting the landscape. And I'm sure the farmers don't mind the income it brings.
 
The most of those I've ever seen was driving across the top of Texas. It was like trying to count grains of sand on the beach.

I drove across the top of Texas while on a hot trip back in the mid-90's, and even then there were quite a few wind turbines on the top of hills.
 
It’s incredible how big those blades are.
The blades on the turbines are over 160 ft. long, and if you consider the center portion is probably five ft. in diameter, those have a "wing span" of about 330 ft.

Crossing rural Iowa several days ago, what we found interesting (and almost surreal) is that all of the red safety lights on the turbines, hundreds of them near and far, were flashing in perfect sync. Rural Minnesota has many also.
 
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