Pictures from the Synlight

Synlight - The largest artificial sun in the world
In an 18-meter-high hall, 149 high-power radiators form a 14 x 16-meter wall of light. With their help, scientific experiments can be irradiated with 10,000 times the natural solar radiation.
Synlight in action
The High-flux solar simulator Synlight at DLR's Jülich site irradiates one of the three experimental chambers.
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