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Sunshine Melts Steel and Rock

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Check out this clip from a Solar Furnace Research Facility in Southern France. The highly concentrated sunlight is so powerful that no known materials can resist it. Watch how quickly it melts steel and a rock!

Source: The Daily What

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1 Comment to “Sunshine Melts Steel and Rock”

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   5:12 PM on December 22, 2011

   ABHINAV says:

   AMAZING…

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