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Hydroelectric turbine blades at Ice Harbor Dam (sh.itjust.works)
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New turbine blades being installed at the Ice Harbor Dam in Washington state, USA in 2018. The new blade design is supposedly less likely to harm young migrating salmon, which are sometimes pulled through the turbines.

More information on the project is here.

The image is from the Army Corps of Engineers (Source)

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