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Re:An Ikea Bowl Has Been Setting Things on Fire by pavel_lishin on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @10:46AM (#14645845)
I've never seen a glass sphere this large - it's almost surreal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell%E2%80%93Stokes_record...

I keep looking at it, my brain confused why I can't see through what is clearly a transparent object. It doesn't feel like I'm looking through it, though inverted; it feels like I'm seeing a weird depiction of the nature scene around me plastered on its surface.

Re:An Ikea Bowl Has Been Setting Things on Fire by cr0sh on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @12:46PM (#14646973)
You might be interested in this:

https://www.treehugger.com/solar-technology/solar-prototype-...

https://cleantechnica.com/2013/12/23/solar-ball-lens-improve...

Not solid glass, though (I don't know what it is, but I imagine there's an upper limit on size of solid glass spheres that can be made)...