heliostat

Table of Contents

Introduction References & Edit History Related Topics

Images & Videos

See heliostats temporarily installed on the Golden Gate Bridge tower remotely directed at the Berkeley's Sather Tower to celebrate the 75th birthday of the bridge in 2012

Read Next

Planet Earth and lunar moon from space

Where Did the Moon Come From?

solar eclipse, sun, moon, astronomy, space

How Do You Tell the Difference Between Total, Annular, Solar, and Lunar Eclipses?

Arrangement of the phases of the moon in total eclipse with Blood Moon

9 Celestial Omens

1 July 2002: The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) satellite reveals a massive solar eruption more than 30 times the Earth's diameter. The eruption formed when a loop of a magnetic field over the surface of the Sun trapped hot gas.

6 Questions About the Sun Answered

Galaxy clusters like Abell 2744 can act as a natural cosmic lens, magnifying light from more distant, background objects through gravity. NASA's James Webb Space Telescope may be able to detect light from the first stars in the universe if they are gravitationally lensed by such clusters. (astronomy, space exploration, galaxies)

How Fast Is the Universe Expanding?

Discover

pg 229Nazi parade features a banner proclaiming, "Death to Marxism."The possibility of a peaceful Germany after World War I was precluded entirely by the terms of the Versailles Treaty and theintransigent hostility of France and England. Stripped of indu

Were the Nazis Socialists?

January 21, 2019: Superbowl LIII will be played at Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Sunday, February 3, 2019 against the New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Rams.

What Was the Super Bowl’s First Blockbuster Commercial?

In this aerial photo, structures are damaged and destroyed October 15, 2005 in Balakot, Pakistan. It is estimated that 90% of the city of Balakot was leveled by the earthquake. The death toll in the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that struck northern Pakistan on October 8, 2005 is believed to be 38,000 with at least 1,300 more dead in Indian Kashmir. SEE CONTENT NOTES.

6 of the World’s Deadliest Natural Disasters

Chapter 4 pg 42 - Chapter header of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published in 1884 by The American Publishing Company

Periods of American Literature

bird. mourning dove. pigeon and dove. Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) family Columbidae.

Nikola Tesla's Weird Obsession with Pigeons

Young man skeet shooting with airborne shell

6 Unusual Olympic Sports

winter ice melting salt on the ground, pattern as background

Why Does Salt Melt Ice?

heliostat: Media

instrument

Videos

See heliostats temporarily installed on the Golden Gate Bridge tower remotely directed at the Berkeley's Sather Tower to celebrate the 75th birthday of the bridge in 2012

See heliostats temporarily installed on the Golden Gate Bridge tower remotely directed at the Berkeley's Sather Tower to celebrate the 75th birthday of the bridge in 2012

Heliostats on the towers of the Golden Gate Bridge aiming sunbeams at the campus...

Video: Displayed by permission of The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

Images

heliostat

heliostat

Heliostat at the Solar Two power plant (closed in 1999), Daggett, Calif.

kjkolb

VIEW MORE in these related Britannica articles: