The Marvels of Japanese Technology: Sondu-Miriu HEP

A visit to Sondu Miriu HEP plant was worth every shilling. From Kisumu town it looked like an all weather road on a hill, but the marvel that awaited me was just breath taking. Here's a bit of its background. Water was diverted from the Sondu river at the Intake through a 6.2 km long tunnel. A surface mounted penstock then takes the water down the Nyakach escarpment to the Power Station below. In the Powerhouse, harnessing the water and the head, the turbines are turned to generate the electricity. The water is then returned to the Sondu river approximately 13km downstream of the intake via a 4.7km long Outlet Channel.

ONCE IN A LIFE TIME! THE SOLAR ECLIPSE.

Once in a life time moment. This morning of January 15th, 2010 I set upon to shoot the solar eclipse. Here's a write up from wikipedia on the issue "... the solar eclipse of January 15, 2010 is an annular eclipse of the Sun with a magnitude of 0.9190. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partially obscuring Earth's view of the Sun. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun, causing the sun to look like an annulus (ring), blocking most of the Sun's light. An annular eclipse will appear as partial eclipse over a region thousands of miles wide... the eclipse starts at the Central African Republic, traverses Cameroon, Congo and Uganda, passes through Nairobi, Kenya, and enters the Indian Ocean and reaches greatest eclipse."

Now you understand my excitement? Here below are my shots... ENJOY!