SoCal Windspill Sparks Huge Solar Radiation Leaks [View All]

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Sun Mar 20, 2011 at 01:25 PM PDT
SoCal Windspill Sparks Huge Solar Radiation Leaks
by TroubadourFollow

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...Warning: The following images are of a graphic nature, and may be disturbing to young or sensitive viewers.

Here we see solar plant worker Rutiger Nunes helplessly looking on as solar radiation overflows the capacity of the plant and washes over him, illuminating the scene in horrific glare:



Former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger toured scenes of devastation, bravely putting himself in the path of the solar radiation to show solidarity with the victims:



Solar radiation levels had spiked so massively at this solar thermal plant that this photograph could be taken without any kind of artificial lighting:



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...As I type this, the light is streaming in between the blinds of my windows, so brightly that I can clearly see things outside. I don't know how much longer it will be before the solar flux takes me - probably in this century, or maybe even within the next fifty years. But I will keep on reporting as long as I last. My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone who today was touched by the solar spill. When, oh when, will they ever learn?

MUCH MORE AT: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/03/20/958417/-SoCal-Windspill-Sparks-Huge-Solar-Radiation-Leak