What is Israel's 'Eye of Sauron': Inside the high-tech solar desert tower watching the skies
- Image: AI GeneratedRising above the vast expanse of Israel's Negev Desert, the Ashalim Solar Thermal Power Station has earned an unlikely nickname: the "Eye of Sauron".
- Topped by a brilliantly glowing solar receiver that can be seen from kilometres away, and has even been described as visible from space, the 240-metre tower bears a striking resemblance to the all-seeing eye from The Lord of the Rings.
- Yet this futuristic-looking landmark is not a military installation, but the centrepiece of one of Israel's most ambitious renewable energy projects.
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- Image: AI GeneratedRising above the vast expanse of Israel's Negev Desert, the Ashalim Solar Thermal Power Station has earned an unlikely nickname: the "Eye of Sauron".
- Topped by a brilliantly glowing solar receiver that can be seen from kilometres away, and has even been described as visible from space, the 240-metre tower bears a striking resemblance to the all-seeing eye from The Lord of the Rings.
- Yet this futuristic-looking landmark is not a military installation, but the centrepiece of one of Israel's most ambitious renewable energy projects.
Sources: Times of India