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They almost got funding to build one that was going to be 1km high right next to my home town [1] in rural Australia. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mildura
by grecy 9y ago
They almost got funding to build one that was going to be 1km high right next to my home town [1] in rural Australia.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mildura_Solar_Concentrator_Power_Station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mildura_Solar_Concentrator_Pow...
Back in the day dad and I figured out we would easily see the tower from home, and the shadow would cross our house. Also it would be possible to see the curve of the earth from the top, so there was talk of allowing tourists up there.
- jdavis703 9y agoCan you really see the curve of the earth from 1km? I can't really even see the curve of the earth from an airplane (or can people with 20/20 vision see the curve from commercial aviation altitudes?)
- Simon_says 9y agoThe declination of the horizon is a couple degrees at altitudes that commercial flights fly at. It can be measured with standard carpentry tools.
- codecamper 9y agoNow how did you get carpentry tools into an airplane?
- andy_ppp 9y agoDisguise them as 100ml bottles of liquid...
- lucisferre 9y agoLike this obviously: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nNUEU8gnf4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nNUEU8gnf4
- Simon_says 9y agoI can't tell if this is satire. We're well into Poe's Law territory here.
- Simon_says 9y agoStep 1: get a private pilot certificate.
- askvictor 9y agoI can see the curve of the Earth at the beach. Or maybe I'm just imagining it in the knowledge that it's there.
- 4ad 9y agoI can't see it at the beach, the sea is always too rough, but I can definitely see it on a still large lake.
- scottmcdot 9y agoA Solar Concentrator Power Station is neither of [1], [2] or [3] posted above.