Vdara hotel 'death ray' claiming victims in the Las Vegas Strip - Neatorama

The tall, curving Vdara Hotel at CityCenter in Las Vegas is beautiful. However, the south-facing tower is turning out to be problem for visitors at the hotel’s swimming pool. The curved mirrored surface of the hotel acts as a massive parabolic mirror that concentrates solar heat into a specific target area.

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Quality of the content of going down hill

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As seen on neatorama :)
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/09/03/Skyscraper-Melts-Car/

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someone needs to death ray that amazeandamuse website

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"Unforeeseen and unpredicatable"? No, the result of bad decision making. It faces south, what did they expect? Clearly the appearance of the building was more important than the 'unexpected side-effects'.

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It was a problem...8 years ago...
https://www.engadget.com/2010/09/29/vdara-hotel-death-ray-claiming-victims-in-the-las-vegas-strip/

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