Giant Mirror for Sun-Deprived Italian Village.

Posted by Alex in Everything Else, Travel & Places on December 19, 2006 at 11:50 am


Giant mirror for sun-deprived Italian villageFrom the website:

A sun-deprived village in the Italian Alps has come up with a novel solution to fix the problem – by installing a giant mirror.

The mirror – an eight-by-five metre (26×16ft) sheet of steel – was placed on a nearby peak to reflect sunlight onto Viganella’s main square below. The computer-operated mirror will now be constantly following the sun’s path.

Viganella sits at the bottom of a steep valley, and surrounding mountains cut off direct sunlight during the winter.

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One comment to "Giant Mirror for Sun-Deprived Italian Village."

  1. Miss Cellania
    December 19th, 2006 at 12:51 pm

    We've made jokes about doing that around here for... forever. There are some communities between mountains where the sun is gone by 3PM, even in the summer. But here, a coal truck would sling a chunk and break it the first day!


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