windmills

 

There was nary a breeze this early summer morning to turn the blades of the windmills.  But the towers stood ready to catch the wind, to pump the water, to sustain life on the Plains.  Have you visited the largest windmill in the world -- right here in Lubbock, Texas?

American Wind Power Center
1701 Canyon Lake Drive
Lubbock, Texas

wind power

 

Although a slow shutter speed blurred this windmill's blades, today's wind speeds of 40 mph really spun the windmill.  Alas, wind and dust but no rain -- again.