Mirror gives Italian village its place in the sun

[DeclinetoState]

Mon Dec 18, 11:54 AM ET

ROME (Reuters) - A village in the Italian Alps is finally basking in winter sunlight thanks to a giant mirror installed on a mountain top to reflect the sun's rays into the main square.

Viganella, with a population of less than 200, lies in a valley so steep that each year from November 11 to February 2 it hardly receives any sunshine.

That was until Mayor Pierfranco Midali decided to do something about it.

Now a 5-metre (16-foot) high, 8-metre (26-foot) wide mirror tracks the sun's movement and reflects its rays into Viganella's historic piazza.Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061218/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_italy_mirror)

Viganella sounds like an STD, but you know me.

[Air-Warrior]

With a little help from, oh say, a rather large magnifying lens, you'd be able to smell burnt pizza for miles in that part of Italy.

[DesertFox]

Wonder if you could zap a pissant with this thing.

[buckeyepete]

How dare they contribute to GW. Algor should paint that damn mirror black, or aim it right back at the sun.

Makeum buy some of your carbon feetprints, Al.