Aerial Photography of San Francisco Skyscrapers





Aerial Photograph of San Francisco skyscrapers
Aerial photograph of the tops of several San Francisco skyscrapers in the heart of the financial district. This aerial photograph created with a very long lens shows a unique perspective on these office towers which are relatively close to each other but actually have quite different heights. The aerial shows two buildings of the Embarcadero Center complex (a five office tower and two hotel commercial complex designed by John Portman and Associates): Embarcadero West (275 Battery Street)(left center), 34 stories and 404 feet tall and One Embarcadero Center (background), 45 stories and 569 feet tall. Also shown in this aerial photograph is the rooftop of 353 Sacramento Street (the office tower with the tinted wall middle right) designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) and the top of 345 California Center (right front) a 48 story, 695 foot office tower also designed by SOM.
San Francisco, California
Image ID: AHLB4631
© Herb Lingl/aerialarchives.com

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Aerial Photography of Wind Power, Wind Turbines and Wind Farming

Aerial photograph Shilo Wind Farm
Aerial photograph of the Shiloh Wind Power Plant in northern California. Over 150 large wind turbines with towers up to 262 feet tall are part of this large wind farm which supplies energy to Pacific Gas and Electric, the Modesto Irrigation District and the City of Palo Alto. The wind farm was built in two stages, the first phase consisted of 100 General Electric 1.5 MW wind turbines. The second phase added another 75 2MW wind turbines. The 6800 acres of land on which the wind turbines are located is leased from land owners who continue to use it for grazing and growing hay.
Shiloh Wind Power Plant
Montezuma Hills, Solano County, California
Image ID: AHLB7459
© Herb Lingl/aerialarchives.com

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Aerial Photography of Solar Farming in Bavaria, Germany

Aerial Photograph Solar Farming Bavaria
Aerial photograph of several fields of solar panels surrounded by agricultural fields in Bavaria between Munich and Augsburg, Germany. The Bavarian countryside has a remarkable density of solar installations, in fields, on warehouse rooftops and on the rooftops of residences in villages.
Image ID: AHLB7595
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Aerial Photograph Solar Installation BMW Headquarters
The large flat rooftop in left center of this aerial photograph covers BMW’s Lifestyle Shop, part of BMW’s headquarters in Munich. The roof is covered with solar panels–urban Bavarian solar farming.
Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
Image ID: AHLB7591
© Herb Lingl/aerialarchives.com

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Aerial Photograph of Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant


aerial photograph Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant California
Aerial photograph of Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant which uses seawater from the Pacific Ocean for cooling and is constructed directly over one fault line and near a second one. PG&E's application to relicense the Diablo Canyon plant is currently being scrutinized in response to growing concern arising from Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster. The plant was upgraded to withstand a magnitude 7.5 earthquake after the discovery of the nearby Hosgri fault which generated a 7.1 magnitude earthquake in 1927. This aerial photograph shows the containment spheres for the two Westinghouse designed pressurized water nuclear reactors. Issues concerning the use of seawater for cooling include the possible ingestion of kelp (the plant is throttled back during storms to mitigate this problem) and the possible ingestion of sea life (in 2008 one of the two units was taken off line because of a rapid influx of jellyfish at the water intake). Water used for cooling can be seen returning to the Pacific Ocean in the bottom of this aerial view. The plant has been the subject to several legal challenges and protests, and in 1981 1900 activists were arrested at the plant during two weeks--the the largest number of arrests in the history of the United States anti nuclear movement. The nuclear power plant is located at Avila Beach, San Luis Obisopo County, California.
Image ID: AHLB4674
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