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[–] inari@piefed.zip 29 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] Wakmrow@hexbear.net 16 points 3 days ago

For like..... 0.002 seconds it's gotta feel real great

[–] suodrazah@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

The sodium probably gets hot enough to keep glowing overnight

[–] ascend@lemmy.radio 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Curious how well it works with moon reflection

[–] lurker2718@lemmings.world 12 points 3 days ago

A construction like this could never work with moonlight, not even theoretically. There is a nice xkcd about it: https://what-if.xkcd.com/145/

[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

Technically still solar power, but with the moon as an additional mirror in the system.