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Focused Sunlight Mirror Melts Steel, Rock, any material on Earth

 
 
 
 
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Jem Stansfield travels to the Solar Furnace Research Facility in Southern France. He witnesses the incredible power generated by highly concentrated sunlight.

Sunlight, focused intensely enough that it can (and does) burn any material on earth.

Just how hot does it get in that ring of fire sunshine? Over 6,300 degrees Fahrenheit.

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