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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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Image:2012-04-21 33 -118 01 Turning onto Orange Ave.jpg | Turning onto Orange Ave. from Artesia Blvd.
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2012-04-21 33 -118 01 Turning onto Orange Ave.jpg | Turning onto Orange Ave. from Artesia Blvd.
Image:2012-04-21 33 -118 02 Substation sign.jpg | The sign for the substation.
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2012-04-21 33 -118 02 Substation sign.jpg | The sign for the substation.
Image:2012-04-21 33 -118 03 View into the substation.jpg | The view (including a satellite dish) as I was walking alongside the substation
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2012-04-21 33 -118 03 View into the substation.jpg | The view (including a satellite dish) as I was walking alongside the substation
Image:2012-04-21 33 -118 04 Warning signs.jpg | The top sign was repeated numerous times along the fence.
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2012-04-21 33 -118 04 Warning signs.jpg | The top sign was repeated numerous times along the fence.
Image: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).
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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).
Image: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).  
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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).  
Image:2012-04-21 33 -118 07 Lines running into the substation.jpg | It was a big substation, with many power lines entering it.
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2012-04-21 33 -118 07 Lines running into the substation.jpg | It was a big substation, with many power lines entering it.
Image:2012-04-21 33 -118 09 Mormon temple.jpg | Nice Art Deco columns.
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2012-04-21 33 -118 09 Mormon temple.jpg | Nice Art Deco columns.
Image:2012-04-21 33 -118 10 Mormon temple sign.jpg | The sign for the Art Deco Mormon temple.
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2012-04-21 33 -118 10 Mormon temple sign.jpg | The sign for the Art Deco Mormon temple
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temple.JPG | distant
 
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Latest revision as of 07:06, 19 May 2022

Sat 21 Apr 2012 in 33,-118:
33.8800045, -118.1758045
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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

Achievements

Notrespassing.gif
JesseW earned the No trespassing consolation prize
by almost reaching the (33, -118) geohash on 2012-04-21.
2012-04-21 33 -118 04 Warning signs.jpg