And here is what one of the wells looks like as it is being drilled. The actual well is only about 3/4"-1 1/4" in diameter. I had the diameter wrong in an earlier post.
Here the drill is digging down 150 feet:
You can see more interesting pictures of the drilling by clicking on the link to the right called View Flickr Photostream. Flickr has all the photos of the project from groundbreaking day to the present.
By the way, if you are viewing this blog with Internet Explorer, you may be missing a lot of features and even the pictures. Firefox works well, and Chrome probably does, too, though I haven't tried it.
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