Walkie Talkie for Darth Vader: curved skyscraper in London fries is not worse than the Death Star

In 2013, London has a new landmark 37-storey business center Walkie Talkie, which was then located at the final stage of construction. Places he was, because in hot weather due to its shape in the form of a tube, it collects the sunlight into a concentrated beam that melts on the ground all that meets. Cars, bikes, furniture, street cafes... this mountain-building tells blogger masterok.

Skyscraper on Fenchurch street in Central London on the South side has a concave mirror facade, mimicking the form of an ancient mobile radio Walkie-Talkie. He catches and so powerfully reflects the rays of the sun that the temperature in the concentrated beam reaches 69.8 per degree Celsius. This is an absolute record in vivo: one hundred years ago in Death Valley was recorded the maximum temperature at 56.7 degrees.

In the summer these rays every day, "fry" section of a length of about 30 meters on the street Itcip, located a block from the skyscraper. The biggest story associated with this phenomenon, melted Jaguar, which the unsuspecting owner parked where it is better not to do it. Returning two hours later, he found that one of the mirrors of the body and emblem beloved car go for a swim.

After this sensation on ISTEP ran just bored journalists and the public, that the fun began to fry eggs, hamburgers and vegetables on the sidewalks. Much less fun the owners of local cafes and shops, where the merciless rays melt everything that gets in the way.

The operator removes a tile loose in front of the cafe under sunlight

The owner of one of the hairdressers told me that his window was beginning to melt plastic bottles of shampoo and it burned a hole in the doormat. Management nearby Vietnamese café said that the food they have now is prepared not in the oven, but directly on the tables. This gives a "smoky" — the air is filled with the smell of singed wooden chairs.