General view of the complex. (Click on the picture to see the annotations)
The heliostats. The mirrors are adjusted to the south and follow the sun, controlled by computer.
They reflect the sunlight to the great parabolic mirror.
The parabolic mirror is adjusted to the north. He collects the sunlight reflected by the heliostats and leads it to the focal point of the tower.
At the back side (south side) of the building with the great parbolic mirror, there are also heliostats which reflect to smaller collector systems. (Click on the picture to see the annotations)
Description
The set shows several aspects of the complex of the Solar furnace (Four solaire) of Odeillo, France. It contains also the only picture in Commons which shows the smaller collecting systems of the south side.
Oppose Sorry, but in previous cases gallery-like collections weren't promoted as VIS. Although all the images are useful, I'd prefer the first one as single VI. --Ikar.us (talk) 2010-09-17T23:28:23 (UTC)
Comment In this case a gallery is the only way to show the different mirror systems of the research Centre. It is not possible to show them all in a single picture. The first one (as proposed) only shows a part of the mirrors and collectors. Or should we create a scope for each mirror system? --Llez (talk) 06:08, 18 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment If a single picture becomes VI, this doesn't mean that the picture contains all and everything about the object. Nothing is so simple that it can be completely documented by one image. But in most cases, a disctinction can be made between one image, which comprises essential basic information about the subject, and detail images. Hundreds of detail images can be made, noone redundant, but neither essential. So I see this case. The configuration of oven, static parabolic secondary mirror and moveable primary mirrors is clearly visible in the first image. All others are details. But the detail I am interested in most is the interior of the oven. This isn't contained in the set. --Ikar.us (talk) 18:24, 21 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
