I swear, it looks like special effects, but nobody gets to do model work anymore.

[sff_corgi_lj]

Power-generating Danish wind turbine eats itself (Slowed-down video)

From February, but I just tripped over it.



P.S. This can only be described by the internettish, texty, unnecessarily-rude-when-translated 'WTF?'

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[d-ravenhull.livejournal.com]

A bit more info on it: http://www.snopes.com/photos/accident/windmill.asp

[sff-corgi.livejournal.com]

Yup. If I hadn't found proof that it wasn't miniatures, I would have posted it differently. :)

Just shows the SFX guys know what they're doin'.

[poconell.livejournal.com]

I remember seeing a clip of a wind generator catching on fire from friction in a strong wind.

Couldn't find it, but I found this:



Poor bats. :(

[poconell.livejournal.com]

And, as for the other...

I hope those sirens we hear are the white coats coming to collect her.

[sff-corgi.livejournal.com]

I wonder why they aren't more afraid of the things. They must be generating some kind of noise at some level....