Melting a rock: This isn't your every day magnifying glass!

[Dacheet]

[url]http://www.wimp.com/meltsrock/[/url]

Oh wow.

[Hazard Fox]

Pretty neat I have to say

[Cruncy]

I didn't see any melting rock, just heating rock?

[Dacheet]

Also did he just say that was 3500C? That's hot enough to burn DIAMONDS.

[StratoSlug]

Incredible how just that small the amount of sunlight can do that.

[Neb]

Put your dick on it.

[SKxJason]

[url]http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1030954-Focused-sunlight[/url]

[Dlaor-guy]

[QUOTE=Neb;26342858]Put your dick on it.[/QUOTE]
Acquire balls of ash.

[Dasein]

When the bugs come, we'll be ready.

[killiam]

Would be nice to see the actual rock melting

[borisjake]

I need to see more videos of massive magnifiers now

[Cl0cK]

I wanted to see the rock melt, why did they stop filming. Whyyyy

[MenteR]

I hated how they changed scenes just when I could see the rock melting.

[berryman13]

That's absolutely amazing!

[Dr. Punchgroin]

That guy was fascinated by everything. His eyes were bugging the fuck out.

[editline]27th November 2010[/editline]

OHHHH MY GOD THE SUN

WE CAN WELD SHIT WITH THE [i]Sun![/i]

[Errorproxy]

I dare you to put your-

[FreezingStorm]

They should make a hand held weapon from this.

[toastedspyro]

Think of all the ants we can set on fire with this

[JohnnyMo]

Incredible.

[riceyrice]

I dare you to post another video from Wimp that some other kid already posted.

[phill977]

PUT YOUR HAND IN IT

cmon, everyone was thinking it

[Hiccuper]

Does solar energy work on this sort of a basis? because if not, it fucking should.

[Kondor58]

[QUOTE=Hiccuper;26355751]Does solar energy work on this sort of a basis? because if not, it fucking should.[/QUOTE]

Why would focusing it to one point increase the energy input? It's just taking energy and putting it in one place so it's concentrated

[noctune9]

[QUOTE=Dacheet;26342801]Also did he just say that was 3500C? That's hot enough to burn DIAMONDS.[/QUOTE]
Diamonds burn pretty easily since it's carbon, you know.

[petieng]

[QUOTE=Kondor58;26355956]Why would focusing it to one point increase the energy input? It's just taking energy and putting it in one place so it's concentrated[/QUOTE]
It doesn't increase the energy input, but it's an effective way of generating electricity in a way we're used to (boiling something with heat and letting it spin a turbine)

[img]http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/3715/solartower.jpg[/img]

The heliostats focus the sun onto a heat absorber at the top of the towers, and a fluid circulated through them. I think they use molten salt rather than water. Much simpler and more effective than photovoltaics for the time being.

[ytr191]

Wow i have never seen a rock burn