3 photographs

Alternative Energy

Two farmers in matching plaid flannel shirts and work gloves make biochar on a rural property. The man on the right feeds a log into a large metal burn barrel with open flames, while the younger man on the left, wearing a straw cowboy hat, tends to a pile of logs on a trailer. A chainsaw rests on the trailer nearby. A barn, bare-limbed trees, and forested hills are visible in the background under an overcast sky. — ISO 160 · 50mm · f/2.8 · 1/750

Making Biochar

Gales Creek, Oregon

Farmers making biochar at Fraga Farmstead Creamery near Gales Creek, Oregon.

A row of large white wind turbines stretches across the flat, golden high desert landscape near Condon, Oregon. The closest turbine dominates the foreground, its three blades reaching into a vivid blue sky with wispy clouds. Five additional turbines recede into the distance along the horizon, growing progressively smaller. Warm late-day light illuminates the turbines and the dry, harvested farmland at their base. — ISO 250 · 50mm · f/10 · 1/200

High Desert Wind

Wind turbines on the high desert plateau near Condon, Oregon.

Dozens of large white wind turbines spread across rolling agricultural land near Moro, Oregon in Sherman County. In the foreground, alternating bands of dark freshly tilled soil and golden unharvested grain create a patchwork across gently undulating hills. A single turbine dominates the right side of the frame in sharp detail, its blades motion-blurred from rotation, while a long row of additional turbines recedes into the distance across the plateau. The sky is a soft layered blend of grey-blue overcast cloud with a pale pink and lavender glow near the horizon, suggesting either dawn or dusk. The overall mood is quiet and expansive, with muted, cool tones throughout. — ISO 400 · 250mm · f/11 · 1/60

Harvest of Wind, Sherman County

Wind turbines and wheat fields share the sweeping agricultural plateau of Sherman County near Moro, Oregon, at dusk.