The power of the sun!

The sun is something that makes me wonder what is at its core. It just blackness and scientist are so baffled by it.
 
Oh wow, that is quite something. Not surprised, considering the temperatures the actual sun reaches. But amazing it is on Earth. Now I just need to find a way to get there and put my old textbooks under it:D
 
OMF that was awesome!!! Thank you :D

There should be a "Do Not Try this at Home" Warning label, because I soooooo wanna go home and try this out hahahahahaha...
 
What. Like this solar furnace in France?

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The solar furnace at Odeillo in the French Pyrenees-Orientales can reach temperatures up to 3,800 degrees Celsius.
 
wow, the fact that you could melt rock with that focused sunlight beam is just amazing! why can't they use this to boil water to power steam turbines to generate electricity ? for free !! :-)
 
wow, the fact that you could melt rock with that focused sunlight beam is just amazing! why can't they use this to boil water to power steam turbines to generate electricity ? for free !! :-)

Reliability, thats why.
 
wow, the fact that you could melt rock with that focused sunlight beam is just amazing! why can't they use this to boil water to power steam turbines to generate electricity ? for free !! :-)
Yeah fully. Also why can't we have mini (much less efficient obviously) ones to heat our household water? So it just heats on the hot water pipe or something only as it comes out?
 
Yeah fully. Also why can't we have mini (much less efficient obviously) ones to heat our household water? So it just heats on the hot water pipe or something only as it comes out?

It would melt the pipe...
"no known materials on Earth that can withstand such temperatures"
 
Dude, I said a mini one thats much less efficient...meaning, tone it down to a usable temperature.

The average pocket magnifying glass can generate temperatures as high as 300 degrees celcius at it's focal point... even at that small scale, the water would come out as steam!
 
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