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TerraSAR-X image of the month –“ A game of mirrors

11 March 2013

2153 mirrors twist and turn at DLR Experimental Solar Thermal Power Plant in Jülich, directing sunlight onto a 22-square-metre receiver. TerraSAR-X, the German radar satellite operated by DLR, can also detect the mirrors as they follow the Sun –“ from more than 500 kilometres above Earth.






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