I had just finished a long day from work and was headed home on the 15 freeway when I encountered an unusual slow-down near my exit. Scanning the road ahead, my eyes caught the blinking lights that would alert me to be cautious and aware. As I got closer the large yellow sign proclaiming, “over-sized load” summed it up for me. Curious, I inspected the truck and its payload. A gleaming white structure, oddly curved rested its enormous frame along the backbone of the industrial big rig. Bewildered I pondered to myself what this strange apparition could be. In a matter of seconds it clicked in my head. What I was beholding in front of my bespectacled eyes was the single blade of a propeller of gigantic proportions. To further justify my quick-draw analysis were the partially obscured words blade king. This blade will one join its brothers to form a new wind turbine somewhere, and I will remember the magnitude of construction even a single blade has from 1 foot away.

This is one of those times that I really wish I had my camera on me, as the blade itself was staggering in size. The truck bed was longer than normal to accommodate the blade length. Height-wise, the blade was at 4 feet at its thickest, and the flat edge was easily my height if not wider. As large as wind turbines may seem from afar, they are even more impressive up close.

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