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Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Village installs giant sun mirror

Viganella, a village in the Italian Alps that has no direct sunlight during the winter, installed a massive mirror on a mountain peak to reflect sunlight into the town's center. The mirror is 26 x 16 feet and tracks the sun under computer control. From the BBC News:

"It wasn't easy," Village Mayor Pierfranco Midali told Italy's Ansa news agency.

"We had to find the proper material, learn about the technology and especially find the money," he said.

The project cost some 100,000 euros (£67,110) and was financed by the regional authorities and a bank.

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