LED lights illuminated World Heritage-listed windmills in Kinderdijk, Netherlands, Monday. This year is the first that energy-efficient LED lights are being used. (Photo credit: Jerry Lampen/Reuters)
Perhaps a visitor from the Netherlands can enlighten me as to why these iconic windmills are now illuminated with colored lights at night. When I first saw the photo I thought it was a bit bizarre, but the longer I look at it, it doesn't seem so bad...
Blogged because I wonder how many other film buffs cannot view a photo of these iconic windmills without immediately being reminded of the classic Alfred Hitchcock film Foreign Correspondent (1940).
This is a little bit off topic, but I am not a fan of the prolonged exposure making the moon seem as bright as a street lamp.
ReplyDeleteAre the lights colored, or is the windmill painted lavender?
ReplyDeleteThey're doing it just for 2 weeks. 20 windmills all illumintaed with different LED lights. Afterwards, they'll get their normal lights back.
ReplyDeletewow! This is quite stunning and must be gorgeousto see at night.
ReplyDeleteRead the caption!!!
ReplyDeleteLED lights illuminated World Heritage-listed windmills in Kinderdijk, Netherlands, Monday. This year is the first that energy-efficient LED lights are being used.
And by the way, We in Holand, decide what we do to our own windmills.
And to answer anogther question, you can olnly show the lights when it's dark enough. The moon gets to bright and this is why it's blown out, try shooting it insetad on commenting.