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Wind turbine baseDeerfield Wind, Green Mountain National Forest, Vermont - Wind turbine base - photo by courtesy of Vermonters for Clean Environment
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Example of drying process by wind turbine wakesWind speed estimated to be 10-13m/s; scientists at Technical University of Denmark note example of drying process, which is why turbines towards back are not shrouded in fog
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Amazon Wind Farm, North CarolinaThe Amazon Wind Farm, the state's first large-scale commercial wind-generation project, comprises 104 2-megawatt wind turbines, each nearly 500 feet tall and covers 22,000 acres in Pasquotank and Perquimans counties (photo by Don Carrington, Carolina Journal)
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Carlos Barria/ReutersCarlos Barria/Reuters
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Wind turbine destroyed by fireOn January 6, 2017, this 2-MW Repower MM70 wind turbine near Harrogate in North Yorkshire, England, was destroyed by fire
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Stad an tuirbín gaoithe in aice le tithe i nGaoth DobhairGrúpa Agóide Stad an Tuirbín Gaoithe ar phicéad ag oifig Udárás na Gaeltacht i nGaoth Dobhair - Protest group Stop the Wind Turbine picketing at the Gaeltacht Authority office in Gweedore [“in aice le tithe i nGaoth Dobhair” = next to homes in Gweedore]
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Use caution due to possible ice sheddingBy courtesy of “Tundra Swans” https://twitter.com/TundraSwans/status/778912395926253568
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Never alone in the darkAn ominous ad by Drake Lighting
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Hub and bladesHub and blades waiting to be lifted to top of tower
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Night constructionNight construction
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Gearbox replacementThe Manitowoc 2250 crawler crane is hoisting a rotor at a wind park in Texas - the rotor has be be taken off of the wind turbine, so the gearbox in the wind turbine can be replaced
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Wind turbine landscapeMontezuma Hills, California - photo by Corey Seeman
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