Tuesday, August 6, 2013

A Norse Town Has Built an Artificial Sun to Light Up Its 5-Month Night [feedly]


 
 
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A Norse Town Has Built an Artificial Sun to Light Up Its 5-Month Night

A Norse Town Has Built an Artificial Sun to Light Up Its 5-Month Night

The extreme far north (or south) isn't the only place on Earth that spends the winter locked in perpetual darkness. Beginning in September and ending in March, the Norwegian town of Rjukan is cast into a perpetual shadow. But no longer: This month, engineers are completing The Mirror Project, a system that will shed winter light on Rjukan for the first time ever.

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