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A closer shot of Ashalim, again using the iPhone's digital zoom.
Ashalim, Israel

Ashalim Power Station

Deep in the Negev Desert, the world's tallest solar tower looks like a sight straight out of science fiction.
Copenhagen, Denmark

CopenHill

The world's first combination ski slope and power plant.
Alice Miceli, <em>Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, PTT-8 Sign, Highly Contaminated Ground, Belarus</em>, 2008
disasters

The Photographer Who X-Rayed Chernobyl

How to make the invisible visible.
Winnie Lee December 4, 2019
Turbine hall.
Waddamana, Australia

Waddamana Power Station

The decommissioned station is now a museum packed with antiquated hydroelectricity artifacts.
Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant
Shoreham, New York

Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant

The first commercial nuclear power plant constructed on Long Island.
Kaohsiung National Stadium
Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

Kaohsiung National Stadium

This dragon-shaped sports arena is the world’s largest solar-powered stadium.
Permanently Closed
View from Richter’s Office.
Argentina

Huemul Island

The island houses the ruins of a secret nuclear fusion lab that once employed high-profile Nazi scientists
A dreary sky hangs over Westminster.
urban planning

London Creates Its Own Clouds

Scientists discovered that large cities produce enough heat to change the atmosphere.
Sabrina Imbler May 30, 2019
The city of Pripyat was an atomgrad—atomic city—built to house the technicians and workers at plant and their families. By April 1986, the town had a population of almost 50,000, but was small enough that it could be crossed on foot in 15 minutes.
disasters

Life in Pripyat Before, And the Morning After, the Chernobyl Disaster

When the scale of a tragedy dawned.
Adam Higginbotham April 22, 2019
Berlin, Germany

Schöneberg Gasometer

The skeletal frame of a decommissioned gas-pumping station offers breathtaking views of greater Berlin.
The Troy Gasholder Building.
Troy, New York

Troy Gasholder Building

This relic of 19th-century infrastructure is one of the few remaining coal gas storage tanks in the U.S.
Ouarzazate, Morocco

Ouarzazate Solar Power Station

The world's largest concentrated solar power plant.
Space Food Sticks, relaunched for earthlings in 2006.
space exploration

The Oddly Named Energy Bar That Rocketed to the Moon

Pillsbury designed Space Food Sticks for astronauts before launching them in grocery stores.
Rohini Chaki March 6, 2019
Tell us these aren't the cutest sea monsters you've ever seen.
nature

The Gribbles Are Here to Help Us Go Green

Tiny marine wood-eaters might help us dig into our biofuel future.
Matthew Taub December 3, 2018
The <em>Sabino</em> on the Mystic River at Mystic Seaport, Connecticut.
engineering

This 110-Year-Old Steamboat Is a Floating History Lesson

"Sabino" is the oldest wooden, coal-burning steamboat that still operates in the United States.
Maria Gallucci November 2, 2018
The wall is roped off to deter people from touching the chakra.
Krakow, Poland

Wawel Chakra

This grubby wall is said to be one of the Earth's esoteric energy centers.
The winning canopy design.
architecture

This Award-Winning Australian Land Art Is Designed to Power 900 Homes

But will it ever be built?
Evan Nicole Brown October 12, 2018
The Zesco Cooling Tower.
Lusaka, Zambia

Zesco Cooling Tower

The abandoned tower is the last remnant of Lusaka's first major power plant.