In California’s Mojave Desert, 350,000 heliostat mirrors focus sunlight onto three 45-storey towers that heat to nearly 540°C — and in the plant’s first year biologists estimated about 3,500 birds died after flying into what looked, from the air, like a lake.

In California's Mojave, 350,000 mirrors make a lake of light, and in the first year biologists estimated about 3,500 birds died flying into it. The post In California’s Mojave Desert, 350,000 heliostat mirrors focus sunlight onto three 45-storey towers that heat to nearly 540°C — and in the plant’s first year biologists estimated about 3,500 birds died after flying into what looked, from the air,…