At half past ten in the morning, Gonggrijp pulled open the drapes, and the Bunker was filled with sunlight.
At that time, the probe will be in sight of the dish and its solar panels will also be flooded with sunlight to power onboard systems.
The most popular route along the valley today is an ascent of the Mont des Loups, bounding up wooden steps and over little rivulets through a forest dappled with sunlight.
In the light from the overhead bulb with its old glass shade, mixed with sunlight from the window on the nearby landing, I saw myself reflected clearly.
Would we be better off if we could run our cars on water rather than gasoline, and fly our airplanes without any fuel, and heat our homes with sunlight?
Also, scientists at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University have been able to build a nano-thin layer of particles of titanium dioxide, a substance that reacts with sunlight to break down dirt and other organic material.
They built a thin layer, or "nanostructure, " using minute particles of titanium dioxide, a substance that reacts with sunlight to break down dirt and other organic material and can be coated on cotton to keep the fabric clean.
The collector also promises to do more with sunlight once it's trapped: since the microchannels should absorb more than half of the waste heat, their hot water byproduct can either be filtered into drinkable water or converted into air conditioning.
In addition, vitamin D can be produced by the skin with sunlight exposure, but this ability decreases with age and varies considerably by geography, time of day or year, skin melanin content (darker skin produces less vitamin D) and sunscreen use.
The locations will have to be in regions with optimum sunlight conditions and close access to carbon dioxide sources (gasp).
On Thursday, the company announced a partnership with the Sunlight Foundation, a nonprofit group that exposes legislative issues such as pork-barrel spending.
And with more sunlight as Mars' springtime begins, activity is picking up.
Using the CMY color model (cyan, magenta and yellow) as its basis, the team was able to produce blues with a groove measuring 170 x 40 nanometers, reds at 60 nanometers wide and yellows at a width of 90 nanometers -- all with reflected sunlight and unaffected by viewing angles.
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Even with the ability to convert sunlight into electricity with high efficiency using photovoltaic solar cells, many challenges prevent us from being able to power all our energy needs with solar panels.
The book is a tour de force, showing, for example, how the potential contribution of biofuels can be approximated from just three numbers: the intensity of sunlight, the efficiency with which plants turn that sunlight into stored energy and the available land area in Britain.
Carbon dioxide, the result of burning fuel, is, together with water and sunlight, the raw material of photosynthesis.
But there, right at eye level, stand the tops of the 80-storey bridge towers, with skyscrapers reflecting sunlight in the distance.
Sai Deepak Bhimaraju, from Delhi, India, found no issue with the constant sunlight when he was in Trondheim, Norway for a two-month summer internship.
Vitamin D levels, which play a role in the body's immune response and vary with exposure to sunlight, make latitude of residence a possible risk factor.
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They declined one offer from the umpires but with the golden sunlight darkening by the second, eventually it was decided to conclude an absorbing contest on Monday.
Dozens of doctors from around the country came to tour the patient-friendly clinics, which were complete with atriums that let sunlight into the treatment theaters.
Stockholm, situated just below 60 degrees latitude, also experiences extremes when it comes to hours of sunlight, with very short winter days and extra long summer ones.
Another is to use powerful solar cells to collect sunlight in conjunction with an efficient solid oxide fuel cell.
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These are capable of converting sunlight into electricity with an efficiency of 22%.
Some of the latest solar cells, for instance, can covert sunlight into electricity with an efficiency of more than 40%.
It has jumped into the solar business, where it makes highefficiency photovoltaic cells targeted at commercial applications in areas with a high concentration of sunlight, like deserts.
Having an open system may make it easier for people to "game" the system, but Mr Wales thinks it also means abuse is dealt with sooner, "Sunlight is the best disinfectant, " he said.
Screening sunlight from the sky with sulphates is not, though, the only suggestion around.
The XO-4 Touch will combine the XO's existing laptop functionality and sunlight-usable display with a full-fledged tablet mode.
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Unlike LCD screens, Kindle reads like real paper, with no glare, even in bright sunlight.
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