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19 October 2007

Neat photo

post by: small_ruminant at: 17:33 | 8 comments

Reminds me of the reason (almost) nobody takes pictures of scenic Morro Bay's scenic Morro Rock from one specific angle...
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Actually, the power plant's chimneys aren't taller than the rock...
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(this one is closer to the true proportion but favors the rock)

posted by wendell 19 October | 18:00

Now THIS ONE is a neat photo of the Morro Bay scene...

posted by wendell 19 October | 18:02

that is cool

posted by small_ruminant 19 October | 18:13

That reminds me of shot of a monstrous paper plant through a dark forest i always wanted to take outside Savannah.

posted by ethylene 19 October | 18:16

I drive by those stacks all the time. Sheffield is kind of famous for being rather industrial.

posted by chuckdarwin 19 October | 18:20

Chuck, are those nuclear cooling towers? I've never seem junk coming out of one before!

posted by pieisexactlythree 19 October | 22:51

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5160214.stm

those are different ones...

posted by chuckdarwin 20 October | 06:36

pie: I'm pretty sure that's Drax power station, which is coal burning, and single handedly the UK's biggest emitter of CO2. But that comes out of the chimney - the stuff coming out of the towers is ordinary steam.

posted by cillit bang 20 October | 08:29

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