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Human Generated Data

Title

Windmills and Brushfire, Coachella Valley, California

Date

1995

People

Artist: Virginia Beahan, American born 1946

Artist: Laura McPhee, American born 1958

Classification

Photographs

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, 2.2002.844

Copyright

© Virginia Beahan and Laura McPhee

Human Generated Data

Title

Windmills and Brushfire, Coachella Valley, California

People

Artist: Virginia Beahan, American born 1946

Artist: Laura McPhee, American born 1958

Date

1995

Classification

Photographs

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, 2.2002.844

Copyright

© Virginia Beahan and Laura McPhee

Machine Generated Data

Tags

Amazon
created on 2022-02-26

Soil 99.7
Sand 98.4
Nature 98.4
Outdoors 98.4
Engine 98.3
Machine 98.3
Motor 98.3
Turbine 88.5
Dune 85.6
Wind Turbine 73.6
Desert 59
Photography 57.8
Photo 57.8

Clarifai
created on 2023-10-28

Imagga
created on 2022-02-26

turbine 47.8
sky 35.8
seaside 32.4
landscape 29.1
beach 26.5
electricity 25.5
energy 25.3
power 25.2
ocean 25
antenna 24.9
sea 24.5
water 22.7
tower 21.5
environment 20.6
coast 18.9
travel 18.3
sand 18.1
island 17.4
industry 17.1
clouds 16.9
shoreline 16.9
vacation 16.4
summer 16.1
electric 15.9
boat 15.8
ship 15.8
dune 15.3
tourism 14.9
sun 14.2
wind 14.1
architecture 14.1
generator 13.8
shore 13.1
desert 12.9
scenic 12.3
cable 12.1
field 11.7
sunset 11.7
destination 11.2
river 10.9
wave 10.4
city 10.2
industrial 10
outdoor 10
windmill 9.8
mill 9.8
voltage 9.8
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fishing 9.6
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tree 9.5
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ecology 9.2
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cloud 8.6
panorama 8.6
dusk 8.6
structure 8.5
bridge 8.5
coastline 8.5
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tourist 8.2
horizon 8.1
mountain 8
pylon 7.9
mast 7.9
rock 7.8
station 7.8
bay 7.7
harbor 7.7
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lake 7.6
sunrise 7.5
hill 7.5
park 7.4
road 7.2
scenery 7.2
building 7.2
farm 7.1
rural 7.1

Google
created on 2022-02-26

Microsoft
created on 2022-02-26

sky 99.9
windmill 99.4
outdoor 89.3
wind turbine 72.1
wind farm 71.6
text 62.1
wind 57.4

Color Analysis

Feature analysis

Amazon

No features identified

Clarifai

Tower
Tree
Street light

Clarifai

Tower 73.4%

Categories

Imagga
created on 2022-02-26

nature landscape 62.9%
cars vehicles 19.9%
beaches seaside 16.5%

Captions

Clarifai

Created by general-english-image-caption-clip on 2025-07-14

a city is a wind farm.

Salesforce

Created by general-english-image-caption-blip on 2025-05-21

a photograph of a group of windmills in a desert

OpenAI GPT

Created by gpt-4o-2024-11-20 on 2025-06-10

This image depicts a desert landscape dominated by numerous wind turbines in what appears to be a wind farm. The foreground is characterized by rippled sand dunes, suggesting an arid environment. In the background, plumes of smoke rise into the sky, indicating that there is a brushfire nearby. The sky is clear and blue, contrasting sharply with the smoke's brownish-gray tones. The scene captures a juxtaposition of industrial wind energy infrastructure amid a natural desert environment, with the wildfire adding an element of environmental urgency. The handwritten annotations suggest the location is Coachella Valley, California, dated 1995.

Created by gpt-4o-2024-08-06 on 2025-06-10

The image depicts a desert landscape with a series of wind turbines scattered across the scene. The foreground features undulating sand dunes, indicating an arid environment. In the background, a range of mountains is visible under a clear blue sky with some cloud cover. A striking feature of the image is a large plume of smoke rising into the sky, suggesting a bushfire occurring in the distance behind the wind turbines. The juxtaposition of the smoke and the renewable energy source creates a dramatic visual. The colors are naturalistic, and the photograph captures the stark beauty and raw elements of the landscape. Below the image, there is a handwritten inscription that reads "Windmills and Brushfire. Coachella Valley, California, 1995," along with the artist's signature, "Virginia Beahan" and "Laura Mc Phee," and the print's edition number, "5/30."

Anthropic Claude

Created by anthropic.claude-3-haiku-20240307-v1:0 on 2025-06-15

The image depicts a vast wind farm in the Coachella Valley of California. It shows numerous wind turbines standing tall against a blue sky, with some smoke or dust visible in the distance, possibly from a nearby fire or industrial activity. The landscape is dominated by sandy, desert terrain with rolling hills in the background. The image has a striking visual contrast between the modern, industrial wind turbines and the natural, arid environment surrounding them.

Created by us.anthropic.claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022-v2:0 on 2025-06-15

This is a striking photograph taken in 1985 showing a wind farm in the Coachella Valley, California. The image captures numerous wind turbines with their distinctive propeller blades mounted on tall metal towers, set against a backdrop of mountains and a partly cloudy sky. The foreground features undulating sand dunes, creating an interesting contrast between natural and industrial elements. The desert landscape appears stark and barren, with the mechanical windmills standing like sentinels across the terrain. The composition has a somewhat surreal quality, with the geometric patterns of the wind turbines juxtaposed against the organic shapes of the sand dunes. The lighting suggests this may have been captured during early morning or late afternoon hours, with soft clouds visible in the background.

Meta Llama

Created by us.meta.llama3-2-11b-instruct-v1:0 on 2025-06-11

The image depicts a desert landscape with windmills and sand dunes, featuring a blue sky with clouds.

Foreground:
The foreground is dominated by sand dunes, which are depicted in shades of brown and tan. The dunes appear to be moving, as if blown by the wind.

Middle Ground:
In the middle ground, there are numerous windmills scattered across the landscape. The windmills are tall and slender, with three blades each. They are arranged in a random pattern, with some standing alone and others grouped together.

Background:
The background of the image features a blue sky with white clouds. In the distance, there are mountains visible on either side of the image. The mountains are rugged and rocky, with some peaks reaching high into the sky.

Overall:
The image presents a serene and peaceful atmosphere, with the windmills and sand dunes creating a sense of movement and energy. The blue sky and mountains in the background add to the overall sense of vastness and grandeur.

Created by us.meta.llama3-2-90b-instruct-v1:0 on 2025-06-11

This image is a photograph of a windmill farm in the Coachella Valley, California. The photograph is taken from a low angle, looking up at the windmills, which are arranged in rows and appear to be situated on a sandy dune or hill. In the background, there are mountains visible under a blue sky with white clouds.

The windmills are tall and slender, with three blades each. They are spaced at regular intervals, creating a sense of rhythm and pattern. The blades of the windmills are angled slightly, suggesting that they are rotating in the wind.

In the foreground, there are sand dunes or hills that appear to be blowing in the wind. The sand is light-colored and smooth, with some small rocks and debris scattered about. The overall effect is one of movement and energy, as if the wind is sweeping across the landscape.

At the bottom of the image, there is a white border with black text that reads "Windmills and Brushfire. Coachella Valley, California. 1985." This suggests that the photograph was taken in 1985, during a time when wind power was becoming more prominent as a source of renewable energy.

Overall, the image conveys a sense of innovation and progress, as well as a connection to the natural world. It highlights the importance of harnessing wind energy to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels and mitigate climate change.

Amazon Nova

Created by amazon.nova-lite-v1:0 on 2025-06-07

The image depicts a vast desert landscape with numerous wind turbines. The turbines are arranged in rows, and they are set against a backdrop of rolling sand dunes. The sky is clear and blue, with a few scattered clouds. In the distance, there is a smoke plume rising from a fire, possibly a wildfire. The image has a white border around it, and there is a watermark in the bottom left corner that reads "Windmills and Bushfire, Coachella Valley, California, 1995."

Created by amazon.nova-pro-v1:0 on 2025-06-07

The photo has a white border and is titled "Windmills and Bushfire, Coachella Valley, California, 1995." It shows a desert landscape with a large number of wind turbines. The wind turbines are tall and have a three-blade design. The desert landscape is characterized by sand dunes and sparse vegetation. The sky is clear and blue, with a few clouds visible in the distance. In the background, there is a mountain range with a large plume of smoke rising from it.

Google Gemini

Created by gemini-2.0-flash-lite on 2025-05-25

Here's a description of the image:

Overall Impression:

The image is a photograph capturing a scene in Coachella Valley, California, featuring a large number of wind turbines and a brushfire. The composition is a landscape with a sense of both natural elements and human intervention.

Composition:

  • Foreground: The foreground is dominated by a series of sand dunes, adding texture and depth to the scene.
  • Midground: The midground is filled with numerous wind turbines, stretching across the valley.
  • Background: In the background, mountains are visible in the distance, and a large plume of smoke indicates a brushfire. The sky is partly cloudy.

Details:

  • Wind Turbines: The wind turbines are the most prominent feature, appearing tall and slender against the horizon.
  • Brushfire: The smoke from the brushfire creates a dramatic visual element, with its color and shape contrasting with the clear blue sky.
  • Light and Color: The photograph has a warm, somewhat faded tone. The sunlight casts shadows on the sand dunes, highlighting their forms. The sky is blue with some clouds.

Overall Feeling:

The image evokes a sense of the interplay between nature and industry, and perhaps raises questions about environmental concerns, such as climate change, and the balance of different forms of energy production.
The combination of windmills and brushfire creates an interesting contrast, highlighting the tension between progress and the environment.

Text Information:

The bottom of the photo has text that reads: "Windmills and Brushfire, Coachella Valley, California, 1995". Below that, it indicates "Virginia Bechan" and "Laura Me Phee, 5/30." This suggests it might be a photo series.

Created by gemini-2.0-flash on 2025-05-25

The image is a photograph titled "Windmills and Brushfire, Coachella Valley, California, 1995," created by Virginia Beahan and Laura McPhee. It is print 5 out of 30.

The photograph depicts a desert landscape dominated by numerous wind turbines in the middle ground and background. The foreground features sand dunes, with their undulating forms creating shadows and texture.

In the background, mountains rise in the distance, partially obscured by a blue sky with some clouds. In the middle of the frame, a large plume of smoke rises, suggesting a brushfire in the area. The smoke adds a dramatic element to the scene, contrasting with the clean energy symbolized by the wind turbines.

The turbines themselves are tall and metallic, with three-bladed rotors. They stretch into the distance, forming a grid-like pattern across the landscape. The photograph captures a juxtaposition of technology, nature, and environmental concerns, as the windmills coexist with the threat of wildfires.

Mistral Pixtral

Created by us.mistral.pixtral-large-2502-v1:0 on 2025-06-06

The image depicts a landscape scene from Coachella Valley, California, in 1995. It features a wind farm with numerous windmills spread across the terrain. The windmills are tall, with three blades each, and are arranged in rows extending into the distance. In the foreground, there are sand dunes, indicating a desert-like environment.

In the background, there is a significant brushfire, evidenced by a large plume of smoke rising into the sky. The smoke contrasts with the clear blue sky and the distant mountains. The scene captures the juxtaposition of renewable energy infrastructure (the windmills) with the natural event of a brushfire, highlighting both the human effort to harness wind energy and the natural challenges of the environment.

The image is credited to Virginia Beahan and Laura McPhee, as noted in the bottom right corner, and it is marked as number 9 out of 50, suggesting it is part of a limited edition series.

Qwen

Created by Qwen/Qwen2.5-VL-7B-Instruct on 2025-07-17

This image depicts a desert landscape with sand dunes in the foreground. In the background, there is a large array of wind turbines, indicating a wind farm. To the right in the distance, there is a large plume of smoke rising, suggesting a bushfire. The sky is clear with some clouds, and the overall color tone is earthy and muted, typical of a desert environment. The image is labeled "Windmills and Brushfire, Coachella Valley, California, 1995" at the bottom, identifying the location and year the photograph was taken. It is also signed by Virginia Beahan and Laura McPhee, with the number 5/30 indicating it is a print from a limited edition series.

Created by Qwen/Qwen2.5-VL-72B-Instruct on 2025-07-17

This image is a photograph titled "Windmills and Bushfire, Coachella Valley, California, 1995" by Virginia Beahan and Laura McPhee. It depicts a desert landscape in Coachella Valley, California, featuring a series of wind turbines scattered across the terrain. The foreground shows sandy dunes with distinct ridges and shadows, indicative of the desert environment. In the background, there is a mountain range under a partly cloudy sky. A significant detail in the image is the presence of smoke rising in the distance, suggesting a bushfire occurring in the area. The photograph is framed with a white border and has a caption at the bottom that includes the title, location, year, and the names of the photographers. The image is numbered 5 out of 30, indicating it is part of a limited edition series. The overall color palette is muted, with earthy tones dominating the scene.

Text analysis

Amazon

Laura
5/30
Valley
and
1995
Windmills
Coachella
Windmills and Bushfire Coachella Valley California 1995
California
Phee
Virginia Beahan Laura Me Phee 5/30
Me
Virginia
Beahan
Bushfire

Google

Windmillo and Buushfie, Coachelle Vally , California . 1995 Viginia Buken Laura Me Phu 30
Windmillo
and
Buushfie,
Coachelle
Vally
,
California
.
1995
Viginia
Buken
Laura
Me
Phu
30