Importing Sunshine

To fight dark winter gloom, residents of Rattenberg, Austria are going to use a collection of big mirrors to bring sunlight to the town. In the shadow of Stadtberg mountain for most of the winter, the town of 455 near Innsbruck rarely sees direct sunlight. Many residents complain of depression and have moved away. So the Bartenbach Light Laboratory in Aldrans, Austria has devisised a way of using mirrors to beam sunlight to the town from the sunny slopes across the valley. The villagers expect to raise the

January 20th, 2005 by Jeff |

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January 20th, 2005 by Jeff | Filed under Uncategorized