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High Voltage Transmission Pylons, near Tracy, CA, 2010. (fedia.io)

submitted 3 months ago by mattblaze@federate.social to c/photography@fedia.io

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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 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

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 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Here, as elsewhere, infrastructure is quietly heroic.

[–] SteveBellovin@infosec.exchange 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

@mattblaze@federate.social Interesting compositional choice, to include the fence. I’d probably have omitted it.

[–] mattblaze@federate.social 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

@SteveBellovin@infosec.exchange I go back and forth on how much context I like to show.

[–] wseltzer@infosec.exchange 1 points 3 months ago

@mattblaze@federate.social @SteveBellovin@infosec.exchange I like the interplay of off-vertical lines

[–] drwho@masto.hackers.town 1 points 3 months ago

@mattblaze@federate.social May I quote you on that?

[–] alec@perkins.pub 1 points 3 months ago

@mattblaze@federate.social they look straight out of Tron

[–] mark@mastodon.fixermark.com 1 points 3 months ago

@mattblaze@federate.social bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....

... Wait, my mistake, we're not in the middle of summer yet.

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....

[–] Luna@mastodon.world 1 points 3 months ago

@mattblaze@federate.social They look like the recognizers from Tron.