Could have taken a good one yesterday.?ÿ A video would have been even better.?ÿ ?ÿWas driving along the highway and should have pulled over.?ÿ I was within 1000 feet of the base of a giant industrial wind turbine (windmill) with another in the background.?ÿ We had low-hanging clouds.?ÿ I hadn't realized how low-hanging they were.?ÿ I could not see the nacelle to which the blades are attached due to the thick clouds.?ÿ There would be an instant of nothing visible, then the sweep of the lower portion of the blade from left to right, then an instant of nothing being visible again, then another blade sweep...............
I have witnessed almost that exact same visual.?ÿ It's almost eerie.?ÿ?ÿ
And once during a similar low lying fog the tip of the blade that seemed to disappear into the mist would suddenly be illuminated by the almost horizontal sunlight that was shining apparently just above the thin soup.?ÿ The fog would glow brightly for a moment but the shape of the blade was obscured.?ÿ One of those "you had to be there" moments for sure.
I've not experienced it, but one of the co-op engineers related seeing a St. Elmo's Fire nighttime display that collected on the blade tips and leading edges of several wind turbines as a storm front approached.?ÿ One one hand I'd really like to see that..on the other hand things like that scare the piss out of me.?ÿ 😉
Couple more good ones.
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