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Re: Birds ignited mid-air by desert solar arrays

Subject: Re: Birds ignited mid-air by desert solar arrays
From: listeningfor1
Date: Wed Aug 20, 2014 3:09 pm ((PDT))
Several of these solar concentrators are located a few miles south of my ho=
use in Las Vegas off the I-15.  Inside the towers, salt is heated up to a m=
olten state, creating steam from circulating water.  This photo, taken by a=
 friend of mine, shows the facilities.  Notice the glowing hot-spots just t=
o the right of the towers.  That's not an artifact.  I suppose that's conce=
ntrated light on atmospheric haze.  It's green energy, I suppose, like wind=
mills, it has its problems.  I wonder if the birds are attracted to the gla=
re?Fred Bell




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