r/interesting • u/Gossamer_Dreamm • 1d ago
A village in Italy surrounded by mountains gets the sunlight using a giant mirror. SCIENCE & TECH
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u/four-one-6ix 1d ago edited 1d ago
That’s quite cool. When I was in Scotland I stayed at a place that doesn’t have sunlight for 6 months. Was happy to leave after 3 days.
EDIT: no DIRECT sunlight
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u/Dr_Ghost_Recon1750 1d ago
What is the name of that city in Scotland, what time of the year! This will be interesting to visit
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u/four-one-6ix 1d ago
The place is called Kinloch Hourn.
It's located at the end of the UK's longest dead-end road, ~22 miles long. As I've clarified in the comment, there's no direct sunlight at this place for 6 months according to the groundskeeper. There is sunlight that touches tops of those mountains.25
u/bennett346 1d ago
It doesn’t exist, there is no part of Scotland that goes without sunlight for anywhere near six months
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u/four-one-6ix 1d ago
Meant to say no DIRECT sunlight in exactly the same way as this Italian village.
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u/SentientSandwiches 1d ago
I agree with you, I think they must be thinking of Norway or something, or maybe they got confused by the fact that in winter we can routinely have weeks with zero hours sunshine
https://www.reddit.com/r/CasualUK/comments/1gmu1br/most_places_in_the_uk_have_had_zero_hours_of/
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u/appletinicyclone 1d ago
I wonder what they did prior to the mirrors
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u/diazinth 22h ago
We suffered, jk.
There’s an alpine ski slope there, which is a good way catch some rays and get some fun workout. You can also quite freely just go anywhere else in the weekend if you like. :)
Also: Tran (fish oil? rich in vitamin D)
I only lived there a year or two as whatever the stage after toddler is called.
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u/PiousGal05 1d ago
Can we please provide sources or at least the name of the area you're citing? I'm getting tired.
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u/appletinicyclone 1d ago
That is very cool I wonder if that's enough to survive and thrive
And what happened prior to putting the mirror up there
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u/Stillkonfuzed 1d ago
Dumb question but do mirrors also reflect heat, I think it does? right? I know lens do it by focusing on a specific point.
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u/SquadGuy3 1d ago
As earth moves, the suns position changes in the sky, so this can’t be too accurate, what happens in an hour when the sun is in a different spot?
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u/Spider-ManIsLegend 1d ago
Why build a village there? How did they build it?
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u/diazinth 22h ago
Hydro powered fertilizer factory opened there in 1907. Before that, I guess sheep and timber or something.
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