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There was a Mormon temple directly across the street, with some nice Art Deco ornamentation. | There was a Mormon temple directly across the street, with some nice Art Deco ornamentation. | ||
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| − | + | 2012-04-21 33 -118 01 Turning onto Orange Ave.jpg | Turning onto Orange Ave. from Artesia Blvd. | |
| − | + | 2012-04-21 33 -118 02 Substation sign.jpg | The sign for the substation. | |
| − | + | 2012-04-21 33 -118 03 View into the substation.jpg | The view (including a satellite dish) as I was walking alongside the substation | |
| − | + | 2012-04-21 33 -118 04 Warning signs.jpg | The top sign was repeated numerous times along the fence. | |
| − | + | 2012-04-21 33 -118 05 Directly opposite the hashpoint.jpg | This is as close as I got. I think the hashpoint is next to the round dial in the middle of the image (zoom in). | |
| − | + | 2012-04-21 33 -118 06 Me with Stupid Grin.jpg | Requisite Stupid Grin (TM), in formal attire (unfortunately lacking a tie, so no ribbon for me). | |
| − | + | 2012-04-21 33 -118 07 Lines running into the substation.jpg | It was a big substation, with many power lines entering it. | |
| − | + | 2012-04-21 33 -118 09 Mormon temple.jpg | Nice Art Deco columns. | |
| − | + | 2012-04-21 33 -118 10 Mormon temple sign.jpg | The sign for the Art Deco Mormon temple | |
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Latest revision as of 07:06, 19 May 2022
| Sat 21 Apr 2012 in 33,-118: 33.8800045, -118.1758045 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox |
Location
Inside the 6900 Orange Ave. Southern California Edison substation.
Participants
Plans
Drive to the street nearest the hashpoint, and look around, take photos. I expected not to be able to make it all the way to the coordinates, due to HIGH VOLTAGE issues.
Expedition
This was my first ever geohash, so I didn't know what to expect (and I took a lot of photos). I was only in LA for the weekend, and the house I was staying in was about 40 minutes away from the hashpoint by car.
I arrived just before dark, at around 7:30 PM. I drove past the closest point I could reach by car, parked, and walked back, snapping photos of the substation, the (many) Danger and No Trespassing signs, and the wires overhead as I went. I had lots of problems with the camera being out of focus due to the long exposure times needed due to the evening light.
I lacked a GPS unit, so I relied on a printout of the satellite image to pinpoint what I thought was the closest point along the fence to the coordinates. Once I reached there, I tried (somewhat unsuccessfully) to get a close-up image of the point, but managed to get some pictures of me (in formal attire).
There was a Mormon temple directly across the street, with some nice Art Deco ornamentation.
Photos
Turning onto Orange Ave. from Artesia Blvd.
The sign for the substation.
The view (including a satellite dish) as I was walking alongside the substation
The top sign was repeated numerous times along the fence.
This is as close as I got. I think the hashpoint is next to the round dial in the middle of the image (zoom in).
Requisite Stupid Grin (TM), in formal attire (unfortunately lacking a tie, so no ribbon for me).
It was a big substation, with many power lines entering it.
Nice Art Deco columns.
The sign for the Art Deco Mormon temple
distant
Achievements
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JesseW earned the No trespassing consolation prize
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