M Molvray & P Kores: Photos of Wildflowers, Nature, and Biology

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Taken from the car in shocked horror. They plunked a huge photovoltaic array IN THE MIDDLE OF THE POPPY FIELDS. You can see some of the poppies hanging on at the edge. Big money can turn anything into garbage, even something as otherwise good as photovoltaics.