Peer into massive volcanic craters and race down steep
winding ridge lines...
Not exact matches
The
wind howled through the snow - tipped
ridges that
lined a narrow canyon.
We parked our car at South Latitude 33.4197 °, East Longitude 138.7406 °, which seemed likely to be about where Mayor Mattey had his flat tyre, and walked one and a half kilometres along the road toward the row of
wind turbines on the Brown Hill Range, finishing at Latitude 33.4205 °, Longitude 138.7249 °, at a point on the
ridge on the
line of the turbines.
Other problems with the LBWEG as perceived by HMANA include its failure to require that developers of industrial
wind energy projects avoid known bird migration pathways and daily movement flyways, avoid features of the landscape known to attract raptors (such as
ridge lines and coastlines), avoid areas formally designated as Important Bird Areas and avoid documented locations of any species protected under the federal Endangered Species Act.
After the turbines went in above the canyon, the annual October invasion of Turkey vultures came to a complete halt, and they never returned because so many of them were killed by the many
wind turbines that now guard the
ridge lines of this one peaceful, beautiful water canyon.