Gemasolar Solar Thermal Power Plant

<div style="text-align: justify;">The new Gemasolar Power Plant near Seville in southern Spain is the world's first solar plant to have the capacity to generate electricity even at night. More than 2650 concentrically arranged mirrors spread across 185 hectares of rural land concentrate solar energy towards a centrally located molten nitrate salt tank. As the rays converge, they super-heat the salt to over 900 degree C, causing water around the tank to boil and drive steam turbines. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXa9BJK8c6llYzWS8MGeydjsx2yBMV2hVWeKmwiWON3jhg2jaPYfUnQhHOZ7SszxlA_QQG9WBOSy9epe5qWiuZSklqRWeCR6w-Uor7hYl5qkKm8f5knwEKkeclpCo7SsT2ZUo2nfxphnir/s1600/Gemasolar+Power+Plant+Seville+Spain+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXa9BJK8c6llYzWS8MGeydjsx2yBMV2hVWeKmwiWON3jhg2jaPYfUnQhHOZ7SszxlA_QQG9WBOSy9epe5qWiuZSklqRWeCR6w-Uor7hYl5qkKm8f5knwEKkeclpCo7SsT2ZUo2nfxphnir/s1600/Gemasolar+Power+Plant+Seville+Spain+001.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><div style="text-align: justify;">In addition, any superfluous heat generated during the day is stored within the liquefied salt. It acts like a giant thermal battery for driving the turbines at night and during overcast days up to 15 hours at a time with no sunlight. But Seville, being one of the sunniest areas in Europe, this doesn't happen very often.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwBz1zl8OPA6B35reAQrT8U-80NQ9xJLTHsf8vnBdP2kO3KR5Fmu8-htn4tyGHP1o9chXEUH87-3bJcU8t1MhYLxoqW-OfZTrYjpKO3uNL_YHMXUSxvNNO66Ix0hC7cL_ad4HGJF-mYDNM/s1600/Gemasolar+Power+Plant+Seville+Spain+002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwBz1zl8OPA6B35reAQrT8U-80NQ9xJLTHsf8vnBdP2kO3KR5Fmu8-htn4tyGHP1o9chXEUH87-3bJcU8t1MhYLxoqW-OfZTrYjpKO3uNL_YHMXUSxvNNO66Ix0hC7cL_ad4HGJF-mYDNM/s1600/Gemasolar+Power+Plant+Seville+Spain+002.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><div style="text-align: justify;">The Gemasolar Power Plant near Seville in southern Spain consists of an incredible 2,650 panels spread across 185 hectares of rural land. The mirrors - known as heliostats - focus 95 per cent of the sun's radiation onto a giant receiver at the centre of the plant.</div><br><a href="http://aibob.blogspot.com/2011/10/gemasolar-solar-thermal-power-plant.html#more">Click to read more »</a>

Gemasolar Solar Thermal Power Plant

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Hand Painted Street Fighter Sneakers

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDBQHa9VDKqyWu3izX_mTN-ODoRzM1FayUuWS-saO91ARIhh6pQkR2063weLMYwmyAskXYM3pfLubUnA8IP4KJnAiIvb4LH5Zv8V1Reh8wahBLLYFV553WYGh_GXvQx02fdCqoM8WOqcUw/s1600/Street+Fighter+Converse+Shoes+003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDBQHa9VDKqyWu3izX_mTN-ODoRzM1FayUuWS-saO91ARIhh6pQkR2063weLMYwmyAskXYM3pfLubUnA8IP4KJnAiIvb4LH5Zv8V1Reh8wahBLLYFV553WYGh_GXvQx02fdCqoM8WOqcUw/s640/Street+Fighter+Converse+Shoes+003.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><div style="text-align: justify;">Spain-based artist Maya Pixelskaya took a pair of conventional converse shoes and transformed them into what is probably the best looking Street Fighter based sneakers. It feature Ryu and Chun Li on the side. The shoes also feature life bar just like in the video games. Cool...</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP6n7rVlqcUyw4Yj9Enu2Y81DEOA66yKpqlEQOZRouHJKkeqUvRfXqsoDXCdQXJqwClElNQoRGbDSdnbqt43xp6oy1iby0mnZ4Yh2XbLkhS6SEKlnt0nsYeSv5NHKYrAZJS5xevxpnAkGd/s1600/Street+Fighter+Converse+Shoes+007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP6n7rVlqcUyw4Yj9Enu2Y81DEOA66yKpqlEQOZRouHJKkeqUvRfXqsoDXCdQXJqwClElNQoRGbDSdnbqt43xp6oy1iby0mnZ4Yh2XbLkhS6SEKlnt0nsYeSv5NHKYrAZJS5xevxpnAkGd/s640/Street+Fighter+Converse+Shoes+007.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><a href="http://aibob.blogspot.com/2011/10/hand-painted-street-fighter-sneakers.html#more">Click to read more »</a>

Hand Painted Street Fighter Sneakers

Spain-based artist Maya Pixelskaya took a pair of conventional converse shoes and transformed them into what is probably the best looking St...

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The World's Scariest Ferris Wheel Ride

<div style="text-align: justify;">This Ferris wheel although it looks like the ride of death, it's all an intricate optical illusion.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It is a video project in which the wheel's structure disappears, you can only see the gondolas and the people floating in space. To achieve this, the wheel's structure was painted red and the gondolas in complementary colours. This is project by Maider López, an artist from Spain.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It is a technique for layering two images together. Same technique used when we watch a meteorologist on television stand in front of weather maps to give us the forecast. A lot of filmmakers also use this technique for special effects. It all has to do with colors. The top layer is made transparent which then reveals the background image.</div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxBjczA5OXhLlo6quH9-f4Mfbs2ukTkX3o2WJcPC8zsMgRwkdzeo6ZhU4sFpVNqSYpw_gzvbsh3cAr1PeagxMRI3A5nP7wluYElHg0CNY4PzqbMs6SmiF-FRbHp1rODJcguXKfZNDZt2Gt/s1600/1_high-wheel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxBjczA5OXhLlo6quH9-f4Mfbs2ukTkX3o2WJcPC8zsMgRwkdzeo6ZhU4sFpVNqSYpw_gzvbsh3cAr1PeagxMRI3A5nP7wluYElHg0CNY4PzqbMs6SmiF-FRbHp1rODJcguXKfZNDZt2Gt/s640/1_high-wheel.jpg" width="640"></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/24603782?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><a href="http://aibob.blogspot.com/2011/09/worlds-scariest-ferris-wheel-ride.html#more">Click to read more »</a>

The World's Scariest Ferris Wheel Ride

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