Tuesday, September 3, 2013

car parts melted by a scyscraper

Melted Jaguar


A believe it or not story

Sounds like something from sci fi doesn't it? but it happens to be true, and it is not the first time this sort of thing has happened, reflections from  the Walkie Talkie Building in London melted plastic parts of a jaguar.

According to experts it is due to the curved windows in the building, sunlight bounces off them and converges at one point, so concentrating the light at that point.

Thing is it is not the first time such an incident has happened, so why haven't architects learned this lesson?

A view of the "hot spot" on Eastcheap, London

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