[I got the rope]

Actually...I think it’s 3 smoke stacks. It looks like a coal-fired unit with flue gas going through a wet scrubbed system. That is why you see the high moisture content.

[dirtbiker]

Around here, the short, stubby ones are the cooling towers, and the very, very tall skinny ones are the smokestacks. This one looks like it's being re-covered, because there is a derrick perched on top to the right of the pic.

I've also noticed that a lot of Greenpeace's and other evo-wacko videos showing TONS of pollution are shot on extremely cold days, when anything warm will look like it's smoking....