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Wind

Windcatcher of Dolat Abad in Yazd.

Dolat Abad Windcatcher

Long before air conditioning, Persian architects found an ingenious way to cool off.

The pipes on the bunker.

Vlissingen, Netherlands

Vlissingen Wind Organ

A set of 27 bamboo tubes creates an eerie soundscape that changes with the wind.

Nashtifan, Iran

Nashtifan Windmills

The vertical-axis windmills of ancient Persia have been grinding flour for 1,000 years and counting.

Watch a Wind Turbine Blade Take a Slow, Ungainly Road Trip

Real-life blade running.

Cara Giaimo November 6, 2017

A tree with exposed roots.

Soest, Netherlands

Lange Duinen

This large sand dune in the Netherlands is home to wind-whipped trees with "floating" roots.

The trees against an ominous sky.

Slope Point, New Zealand

Slope Point

The most southerly spot on New Zealand's South Island is home to surreally shaped, permanently mangled trees.

Smoke traveling across both the United States and the Atlantic Ocean to France.

Smoke From North American Wildfires Made It All the Way to France

"It’s going to take a while for everything to dissipate."

Kelsey Kennedy September 15, 2017

Yakhchāl in Yazd, Iran

Yakhchāls

Ancient structures used to make and preserve ice in the deserts of Persia.

Vermeer Windmill in downtown Pella, Iowa.

Vermeer Windmill

An Iowa town celebrates its heritage with the tallest working Dutch windmill in North America.

The wind creates a scaly formation.

Found: Rare, Bizarre ‘Dragon-Skin Ice’

It's "evidence of a darker chaos," one scientist says.

Sarah Laskow May 8, 2017

Watch These Buildings Ripple Gently in the Wind

Artist Ned Kahn built these beautiful metallic installations that flutter with the breeze.

Lauren Young September 14, 2016

Permanently Closed

View from the platform

Swaffham, England

Green Britain Centre Wind Turbine

Climb to the top of this windmill for a scenic panorama and up-close look at wind energy production.

Australia Is Investigating 'Wind Turbine Syndrome,' Which Probably Isn't Real

No direct evidence has been found to prove the disease exists.

Erik Shilling March 23, 2016

space exploration

Found: Supermassive Black Holes' Superfast Space Winds

The equivalent of a Category 77 hurricane.

Sarah Laskow March 22, 2016

Moose Milk and Hobbit Farms: 8 Examples of Outsider Agriculture

Jeremy Berke June 11, 2015

London Array

London Array

The largest offshore wind farm in the world would be even bigger if it weren't for some pesky birds.

American Wind Power Center

American Wind Power Center

This Texas windmill field celebrates the power and majesty of the very winds that blow.

Eerie Instruments Played by the Wind

Chris White August 22, 2014