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Ivanpah - The world’s largest concentrated solar plant (i.imgur.com)

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[–] FluorideMind 11 points 5 days ago

They asked me how well I understood theoretical physics, I told them I had a theoretical degree in physics. They said welcome aboard.

[–] LucasWaffyWaf 11 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

It's insane how bright those things are in person. Passed by them heading from Primm over to what's left of Nipton a couple years back. Didn't think HELIOS-1 was based on anything real until then - and then I saw there were three towers instead of just the one.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago

Fun fact: sometimes when birds fly through the focal point they catch fire and crash from the heat

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

I imagine it BBQs birds quite nicely