@[email protected]M to [email protected] • 2 years agoEdward Burtynsky, Oil Fields #22, Cold Lake Alberta, Canada, 2001lemmy.mlimagemessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1imageEdward Burtynsky, Oil Fields #22, Cold Lake Alberta, Canada, 2001lemmy.ml@[email protected]M to [email protected] • 2 years agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squareLeighlinkfedilink1•2 years agoKind of a weird diversion there for no obvious reason. I wonder why the pipeline does that?
minus-square@[email protected]OPMlinkfedilink2•2 years agoAt a guess I would say it is either a land boundary that they are following, or that the ground for some reason was unsuitable for building the pipeline and they had to go around.
minus-square@damiumlink1•2 years agoThermal expansion. It prevents the pipes from having long straight sections that would be prone to buckling.
Kind of a weird diversion there for no obvious reason. I wonder why the pipeline does that?
At a guess I would say it is either a land boundary that they are following, or that the ground for some reason was unsuitable for building the pipeline and they had to go around.
Thermal expansion. It prevents the pipes from having long straight sections that would be prone to buckling.