2012

SH4358 : Wind Turbines under construction at Caernarfon Airport

taken 13 years ago, 3 km from Llandwrog, Gwynedd, Wales

Wind Turbines under construction at Caernarfon Airport
Wind Turbines under construction at Caernarfon Airport
A view of the North Wales Air Ambulance negotiating a passage by the wind turbines at Caernarfon Airport. I can understand positioning these machines on a remote hill side away from houses and landing air craft, but I think only a mad man would place them alongside the runway of an active airport.

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Geographical Context: Energy infrastructure Air transport Flat landscapes
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Caernarfon Air [8] · Air Ambulance [7] · Runway of Caernarfon Airport [7] · Wind Turbines [2] ·
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SH4358, 92 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Stephen Elwyn RODDICK   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 13 December, 2012   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 16 December, 2012
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SH 4340 5872 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:6.1578N 4:20.4351W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SH 4321 5831
View Direction
North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
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