Pierfranco Midali, the mayor of the small town of Viganella, in the Antrona Valley, north of Turin, Italy, holds the remote control computer as the giant mirror positioned on the hill behind starts reflecting the sun down into the town Square, Sunday, Dec. 17, 2006. Viganella celebrated Sunday its 'day of the light', as it officially inaugurated the giant mirror positioned on a nearby peak to reflect sunlight onto the town's square.
The 197 inhabitants of Viganella used to suffer from a complete lack of direct sun from Nov. 11 to Feb. 2, but an eight-by-six meter sheet of steel, remotely controlled by a computer will now reflect the sunrays to the town's square during the winter.
The project cost US $ 150,000 and was financed by local governments and a private bank.
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