Viganella is a small town in Italy whose inhabitants dreaded the arrival of the winter season.
The reason being that each year for 84 days in a row the sun would not shine in the town as it went behind the 1,600-Meter high mountain that covered the town. The 197 inhabitants were plunged into a near darkness and just waited for the 84 days to pass so that they can once again feel the heat of the sun.
With the sun not shining in the town the inhabitants lived a depressed life a scenario which docs call the ‘Seasonal Affective Disorder’ or SAD.
But finally their pain has been heard of and the authorities have just installed a 8-meter wide and 5-meter tall mirror that has been installed on a mountain so that it can reflect the sun’s light on to the town for approximately 8 hours every day.
The mirror is controlled by a powerful computer that makes the mirror rotate according to the position of the sun.
The inhabitants of the town have now begun to smile and have prepared a huge celebration party on the 17th of December to celebrate the first winter sun in the 800 years of the existence of the town.
Via: blogspot
