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I mentioned to the chat people last night that I was going to take today off from work and ride since the weather was still holding up in the the high teens (celcius) and promised lytehouse I'd take some pictures. Here they are....
I logged just under 300km (186mi) on this trip that took me out west of the city. Near Lake Wabamum are 4 coal fired power plants. The thing behind the fizzer is a hugancous dragline excavator.
It's digging down into the coal seam that passes through this area and dumping it to either a conveyor belt or massive dump trucks. The picture doesn't do it's size justice, it's freakin' huge!
Off in the yonder is the Epcor Genesee Power Plant.
I would hate to work there. The worst kind of dust anywhere, coal dust. It gets into everything, your clothes, car, and in winter, the area is black over top of the white snow.
When you're near generating stations, you're sure to come across these. I'm sure you're not supposed to do this, but I parked under the 240KV power lines.
The shot didn't turn out like I expected. I wanted to see miles of power towers and lines disappearing into the distance. Kind of shows the autumn colors though.
The next stop was Lac St. Anne Lake. Some kind of pilgrimage gathering happens here in July of every year. The aboriginal call it the "Spirit Lake".
I don't know, I just thought there was a photo opportunity here. The town pier, can you say ooooh.
Man there were a ton of birds still hanging around. They're usually migrating south by now. Maybe these ones came from Alaska?
Some nice color along the shore line and reflection in the water.
In case you haven't noticed, I think I was one step ahead of the rain, although it did clear up later in the afternoon.
I logged just under 300km (186mi) on this trip that took me out west of the city. Near Lake Wabamum are 4 coal fired power plants. The thing behind the fizzer is a hugancous dragline excavator.
It's digging down into the coal seam that passes through this area and dumping it to either a conveyor belt or massive dump trucks. The picture doesn't do it's size justice, it's freakin' huge!
Off in the yonder is the Epcor Genesee Power Plant.
I would hate to work there. The worst kind of dust anywhere, coal dust. It gets into everything, your clothes, car, and in winter, the area is black over top of the white snow.
When you're near generating stations, you're sure to come across these. I'm sure you're not supposed to do this, but I parked under the 240KV power lines.
The shot didn't turn out like I expected. I wanted to see miles of power towers and lines disappearing into the distance. Kind of shows the autumn colors though.
The next stop was Lac St. Anne Lake. Some kind of pilgrimage gathering happens here in July of every year. The aboriginal call it the "Spirit Lake".
I don't know, I just thought there was a photo opportunity here. The town pier, can you say ooooh.
Man there were a ton of birds still hanging around. They're usually migrating south by now. Maybe these ones came from Alaska?
Some nice color along the shore line and reflection in the water.
In case you haven't noticed, I think I was one step ahead of the rain, although it did clear up later in the afternoon.