"Where in North America?" -- Section II

[Mark Sedenquist]

That's right!

Wow, that's amazing because it sure looks like the one in Hershey, PA.

@ Mark: could that be Solar One in Boulder City?

On the right track, but the wrong state....

Mark

[Kestrel]

Wow, that's amazing because it sure looks like the one in Hershey, PA.

Palm trees don't grow in PA.

Oh yeah.... silly me.

[Kestrel]

And where is this?

(photo by Mark Sedenquist)

The Saguaro Solar plant in Red Rock, AZ?

Not in Nevada and not in Arizona -- so it's in California.....

[Kestrel]

Where is this?

[Mark Sedenquist]

Where is this?

It sort of looks like a front range location -- but it sure is green.... hmmmm

Mark

[Kestrel]

It sort of looks like a front range location -- but it sure is green.... hmmmm

Mark

Yes, it is Golden, Colorado taken from the Lookout Mountain Road near Buffalo Bill's grave. (A fun little side trip from Denver BTW.)

The photo was taken this afternoon. It's green because we have had a fair amount of rain and snow recently. Come in late summer and those hills will almost certainly be brown.

[glc]

Is that SEGS near Barstow or Kramer Junction?

[Kestrel]

Where is this?

[Mark Sedenquist]

Is that SEGS near Barstow or Kramer Junction?

George, the object in question is actually located near Daggett, and it was originally named Solar I, and it was part of the SEGS project. It was operated by in the early 1980's by SCE and DOE. I can remember watching a bird get transformed into instant BBQ in that early period. It was shut down in 1988 and renovated in 1995 as Solar Two. A third transformation was made in 2001 when the University of California at Davis created the C.A.C.T.U.S. facility (Converted Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope Using Solar-2). I've flown over it in recent years in a private plane -- it can be somewhat blinding.... More information about this place can be found here. When I took that photo in 2003, I had to ignore a whole bunch of no trespassing signs -- I was there with a team of scientists and so we had some justification for being there. (But even so, a security detail arrived to herd us away).

Mark

[Mark Sedenquist]

Where is this?

I feel like Indy Jones after he fell into the snake pit... That looks like a serious climb -- I wonder how well attached those ladders are? I can state with certain authority -- I've never seen that view. Maybe you need to offer us a clue?

By the way, I've done that loop around the front range that includes the stop at Lookout Mountain -- both times I've been there it was too cloudy to see much -- Wow, what a beautiful day when you were there!

Mark