The Wind Catchers
When I was young, sitting in the back seat of my parents old Buick, I would occasionally dangle my arm out the window, and let the passing wind teach me the only things I ever learned about aerodynamics. You can't do something like that without gaining an instant respect for air, considering how something completely invisible can still be incredibly powerful. Today I know that the power of natural wind is really the power of the sun, the perpetual struggle of our atmosphere to balance out the sun's uneven deposits. But inherent in that titanic wrestling match is, some would…