This is a power station operating in Serville, Spain, which makes use of energy from the Sun to generate electricity. This environmentally friendly power plant has an array of 600 huge mirrors and generates electricity for 8,000 homes. The most amazing aspect of it is that the light being reflected from the mirrors give it a kind of heavenly feel in broad daylight as shown in this photo.From a distance, as we rounded a bend and first caught sight of it, I couldn't believe the strange structure ahead of me was actually real.
A concrete tower - 40 storeys high - stood bathed in intense white light, a totally bizarre image in the depths of the Andalusian countryside.
The tower looked like it was being hosed with giant sprays of water or was somehow being squirted with jets of pale gas. I had trouble working it out.
In fact, as we found out when we got closer, the rays of sunlight reflected by a field of 600 huge mirrors are so intense they illuminate the water vapour and dust hanging in the air.
The effect is to give the whole place a glow - even an aura - and if you're concerned about climate change that may well be deserved.
Video after the jump.
Video: BBC
Link & Image: BBC
Tags: Power Plant | Power Station | Light
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