Day 1:
Our trip takes us up I-79 North and East to Davis, West Virginia to a town called Thomas. It felt good to see a change of scenery (wildlife versus the back of white vans) and to stretch our legs. Mike Little from Marshall University told us about the history of the town from the fight between Davis and Thomas for control of the railroad depot to stream health and pyrite to Thiobacillis (sulfuric bacterium that kills the stream causing a 2.83 pH--much like the acidity of our stomach acid.)
Below is a picture and video footage (hopefully if it uploads)of a wind farm in Parsons. By calculating revolutions per minute, Rick Sharpe and I were able to calculate how fast the wind turbine was rotating (131.5 miles per hour!) Looking at the turbines from far away was misleading because it didn't look as if it were moving very fast. Once we moved closer to the turbines, we could hear the melodic rush of the blades as it turned. I hope that you can hear the sound of the turbine on my video!
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