The World's Largest Artificial Sun
Photoengineer Volkman Dohmen stands in front of Synlight
Let there be light! Scientists at the
German Aerospace Center or DLR's Institute of Solar Research flipped the
switch to turn on the world's largest artificial sun called "Synlight."
Located
in Juelich, Cologne, Germany, the Synlight array is a giant
honeycomb-like structure of 140 xenon short-arc lamps. When focused on a
single spot, the 350-kilowatt array produces the equivalent of 10,000
times the intensity of solar radiation on the Earth's surface. That's
enough to heat the target area up to 3,000 degrees Celsius (5,400
degrees Fahrenheit).
Read all about Synlight in this article by Frank Jordans over at Phys.org
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