June 24, 2015 at 9 PM. Enjoy long evenings while they last
Long Island Solar Farm
The Long Island Solar Farm (LISF) is a 32-megawatt solar photovoltaic power plant built through a collaboration including BP Solar, the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA), and the Department of Energy. The LISF, located on the Brookhaven National Laboratory site, began delivering power to the LIPA grid in November 2011, and is currently the largest solar photovoltaic power plant in the Eastern United States. It is generating enough renewable energy to power approximately 4,500 homes, and is helping New York State meet its clean energy and carbon reduction goals.
Sunny Morning at Smith Road Campsite
While this area is pretty remote, I could still smell the cow manure from the Black River Valley, at least when when air pressure was rising.
Taken on Thursday June 30, 2011 at Smith Road.Colorized LiDAR, The Noses
The Noses of the Mohawk River are a break in the hills where the Mohawk River Runs. This is a scared site for many of the Native Americans and an important travel corridor since the Colonial era. Today, this natural passageway is crossed by the Erie Canal/Mohawk River, then to the north of the river two railroad tracks, a two-lane section of NY 5. To the south of the river is four lanes of the NYS Thruway (built on filled in portion of the Mohawk River), and two lanes of NY 5S. There also is the Mohawk Valley Welcome Center, brought there by the Thruway Authority and Power Authority. This site has not always been considered that sacred -- the Sprakers Unlined Landfill for Canjahoharie's waste from the 1960s to 1980s is located one portion of the bank mined away for travel, and much of the travel corridors through the valley are built on rubble through former marshlands.
Shelving Rock Campsites and Trails
Difference from NY – Daylight Savings Time
How much do you know the time zones? Many states are two time zones, often just a few counties are in a different time zone then you might expect. And much of Arizona doesn't follow daylight savings time, so it moves into the Pacific Time Zone for the summer.
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