Speaking of... Windmills, today
Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, October 2024
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#windmills
#Wind #power has been used for centuries by humans to move machines that act as a labor saving devices, taking the effort out an otherwise arduous task for man. One set of such machinery not only has been in existence for such a long time, it has actually been functional for the duration. But it’s working life could soon come to an end.
#Nashtifan is an #ancient site located in Khaf County, which is part of the northeastern Iranian province of Rzavi Khorasan. In olden days, the town was known as ‘Nish Toofan’, which may be translated to mean ‘storm’s sting’, and is an indication of the kind of environment it was in. Due to the strong winds that blow across the area, #windmills were built near the town to harness this source of energy. Amazingly, there are still a number of windmills that were built during ancient times, and are still functioning today. Unfortunately, however, the windmills may soon stop turning, as they have to be maintained by a keeper of the windmills, a job that the young are not interested in.
Windmills have been used for centuries to convert wind power into energy. These 1000-year-old windmills in #Nashtifan, northeastern #Iran, are among the oldest in the world. Made of clay, straw and wood and standing up to 20 meters (65 feet) tall, they've been catching the area's strong winds to grind grains into flour for centuries.
One of the few such #windmills still in operation, they were registered as a national heritage site by Iran's Cultural Heritage Department in 2002.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/nashtifan-iran-windmills
In the village of Nashtifan in northeastern Iran, Mohammad Etebari serves as the last keeper of an ancient tradition. Now elderly, Etebari has dedicated his life to keeping the town’s few dozen historic windmills turning.
But Etebari doesn’t know how much more time he has, and none of the younger generation seem interested in the hard work of daily maintenance. Without his regular attention, the windmills that have put the town on the tourist map may one day stop.
“It’s the pure, clean air that makes the windmills rotate—the life-giving air that everyone can breathe,” Etebari says in the above video. (See what you know about wind power.)
Made of natural clay, straw, and wood, the windmills have been milling grain for flour for an estimated 1,000 years. The vertical axis design is probably similar to the windmills that were invented by the Persians around 500 C.E.—a design that slowly spread through the world and which was later adapted by the Dutch and others.
Each of the windmills of Nashtifan is comprised of eight chambers, with each chamber housing six blades. As the area’s strong, steady wind enters the chambers it turns the blades, which then turn grindstones. The structures reach up to about 65 feet in height.
The region is so well known for its wind that the name Nashtifan is derived from words that mean “storm’s sting
#Technology
Here comes the great US "space force".
They are not chasing #windmills, but weather #balloons and #aliens from the sky.
Great shotshow to cover up the disastrous train crash in #Ohio followed by one of the worst environmental #catastrophes in modern history since #Fukushima.
#Politics #Distraction #Media #DumbFuckistan #Military #Propagamda #China
𝐊𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭
Courtepointe d'art / Art quilt
Quiltshop Andrea
- Windmolen met schuine tulpenvelden
- Moulin à vent avec champs de tulipes en diagonale
- Windmill with diagonal tulip fields
👉 Windmolen met schuine tulpenvelden [full size image]
𝐇𝐢𝐣 𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐤𝐥𝐚𝐩 𝐯𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧(𝐰𝐢𝐞𝐤) 𝐠𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐝.
👉 Hij heeft een klap van de molen gehad [full size image]
- Betekenis : niet goed bij het verstand zijn. / niet normaal zijn.
- Varianten in het Nederlands : Hij heeft een klap van de molen(wiek) gekregen. / Hij heeft een klap van de molen beet.
- Engels; English : He is a little crazy. / He is (slightly) dotty [UK]. / He is flaky [US]. / He has a screw loose.
- Frans; français : Il est un peu toqué. / Il est un peu cinglé. / Il est barjo(t). / Il n'a pas toute sa tête. / Il lui manque une case.
- Duits; Deutsch : Er hat einen Klaps. / Er ist (wohl) übergeschnappt / Er ist (ein bisschen) bekloppt. / Er ist (ein bisschen) verrückt. / Er hat nicht alle Tassen im Schrank.
- Italiaans; italiano : (Lui) è un po' tocco di cervello. / (Lui) è un po' pazzo / (Lui) è un po' matto. / (Lui) è un po' svitato. / (Lui) è un po' strambo.
► de klap : the blow, the knock, the slap / le coup, la claque / der Schlag, der Stoß / il colpo, lo schiaffo
- Windmolen Wassenaar (Nederland)
- Moulin à vent Wassenaar (Pays-Bas)
- Windmill Wassenaar (The Netherlands)
👉 Windmolen Wassenaar, Quiltshop Andrea [full size image]
- Windmolen met horizontale tulpenvelden
- Moulin à vent avec des champs de tulipes à l'horizontale
- Windmill with horizontal tulip fields
👉 Windmolen met horizontale tulpenvelden, Quiltshop Andrea [full size image]
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#Wind #Portal #Paper #Windmills #Installation #NajlaElZein #Lebanese #Designer #London #Design #Festival #2013 #Art #Our #World
The Wind Portal
As part of the London Design Festival 2013, Lebanese designer, Najla El Zein, created The Wind Portal, a dramatic gateway constructed from 5,000 paper windmills turning in the breeze. This walk-through installation created a playful airway, drawing wind and light into the galleries beyond.
http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/t/the-wind-portal/
Victoria and Albert Museum / London / September 2013