Workers at a state of the art solar plant in the mojave desert have a name for birds that fly through the plant s concentrated sun rays streamers for the smoke plume that comes from birds that ignite in midair.
Birds explode midflight through solar panel field.
Environmentalists have hit out at a giant new solar farm in the mojave desert as mounting evidence reveals birds flying through the extremely hot thermal flux surrounding the towers are being.
Thousands of birds are flying into a new solar mega trap in the middle of.
But if they knew better they d be grateful because installing solar panels at home is one of the best ways to help birds avoid the worst impacts of climate change.
Matt sampson has the details.
Such hapless birds can be burned to death killed by brute force when they.
A macabre fireworks show unfolds each day along i 15 west of las vegas as birds fly into concentrated beams of sunlight and are instantly incinerated leaving wisps of white smoke against the blue.
A bay area company is being urged to make changes to its state of the art solar plant since thousands of birds have been burned to death by its panels.
18 2014 11 49 am pdt workers at a state of the art solar plant in the mojave desert have a name for birds that fly through the plant s concentrated sun rays streamers for the smoke.
15 september 2016 a rare and unusual type of solar power plant that concentrates sunlight in california is accidentally killing up to 6 000 birds every year with staff reporting that the birds keep flying into its concentrated beams of sunlight and spontaneously bursting into flames.
Solar power generators in california are causing birds to literally drop from the sky.
That s the name given to birds as their feathers ignite mid air after flying through a concentrated beam of sunlight.
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