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.
Birds burned solar panels.
So why is this happening.
Well it s mainly due to the plant s overall design and location.
Though damage to the solar panels is minimal officials.
The sight of a bird being fried to death is so common at the ivanpah solar plant in california s mojave desert that workers have nicknamed the smouldering birds streamers because they leave tiny wisps of white smoke behind as they burn up in the sky.
The third facility studied was the ivanpah solar electric generating system in bernardino county calif where birds can be burned as they pass through concentrated sunrays that are reflected off.
Bird problems and solutions.