Don Quixote battles windmills because he believes that they are menacing giants. He feels that after defeating them, he will be able to call himself a true knight.
Don’t think he can take on these modern day wind turbines. Too high tech. You can only fight these with lasers. These wind turbines are located in the Tehachapi Mountains of California.
Wind Turbines have become ubiquitous in the rural landscapes of the Western United States. One day I was passing through California’s Tehachapi Pass and shot these turbines at different shutter speeds that produced differing results.
You probably know that wind power is a fast growing form of energy production along with solar. It’s a renewable form as it will probably always be windy. But you probably didn’t know that the wind turbines make a fun and challenging photography subject. The images below are from California’s Tehachapi Pass along Route 58 where it is always windy. These things remind me of those machines attacking in War Of The Worlds.
