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Old 12-12-2006, 06:08 PM
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New 8 m mirror

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...449727,00.html

It is now operating.

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