glenc
12-12-2006, 06:08 PM
Viganella Italy
In November 2006 the town set up a giant, computer controlled mirror on the mountainside, a sheet of steel 8 m wide and 5 m high, in order that the village, located in a narrow valley, would get direct sunlight in the middle of winter.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viganella
... the hamlet will no longer have to suffer from a complete absence of direct sunlight for 83 days a year, from November 11 to February 2.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2449727,00.html (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2449727,00.html)
It is now operating.
In November 2006 the town set up a giant, computer controlled mirror on the mountainside, a sheet of steel 8 m wide and 5 m high, in order that the village, located in a narrow valley, would get direct sunlight in the middle of winter.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viganella
... the hamlet will no longer have to suffer from a complete absence of direct sunlight for 83 days a year, from November 11 to February 2.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2449727,00.html (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2449727,00.html)
It is now operating.