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Some cultures left us monumental architecture. Now we've these. Beautiful (I suppose the fact it was a gorgeous day doen't hurt, but no matter).

Thanks, Jerome. I knew they were big, but whoa. . . .

"It Can't Be Just About Us"
--Frank Schnittger, ETian Extraordinaire

by papicek (papi_cek_at_hotmail_dot_com) on Fri May 8th, 2009 at 06:08:28 AM EST

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Thanks, Jerome. I knew they were big, but whoa. . . .

Yeah. Those shots of the guy winching down onto the maintenance platform really pointed up the scale of the things compared to, say, the onshore E-70s I saw in Spain a couple of weeks ago.

Was the film slo-moed at all or where the rotational speeds we saw there the real thing?

Regards
Luke

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by silburnl on Fri May 8th, 2009 at 07:52:18 AM EST
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Can't answer for J's video, but they rotate between 7-12 rpm (+or- a bit.)

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Fri May 8th, 2009 at 08:06:03 AM EST
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We're living in the future.

by TYR (a.harrowellNOSPAM@gmail.com) on Wed May 13th, 2009 at 01:50:52 PM EST
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