An aeriel view of Solar Two operational as a power plant.

The light of hundreds of suns on the tower was visible for miles away.

A birds-eye view.

The tower, heliostats, salt tanks, and other equipment.

The local mountains, Route 15, and the power plant next door. (JS)

Daggett, Route 40, and the Mojave riverbed. (JS)

The trough-style power plant next door.

The evaporating pools from the power plant days. (SL)

The dried-up fields on the edge of the heliostat field were fields that Solar Two maintained in order to get water rights. (SL)

Some of our currently used heliostats.

The western field at sunset. (JS)

A closeup of our mirrors.

The field at night from the tower. (PA)

Sun shining off the field.

Aerial view of Solar 2 found at terraserver

The field by sunset. (JS)

Our section of the field moving into position. (JS)

John Felde by a heliostat for scale (JF)

The reverse side of a heliostat. (JF)

Testing the field. (JF)

Our section, as viewed from the deck.

Sunset from the ground. (SL)

The tower reflected in a heliostat. (JF)

A closeup of the field.

Heliostats at Dusk (PM)

Jason standing on the Scissor truck. (PM)

Jason watching mirror testing. (PM)

Cool Water power, as seen from Solar 2. (PM)

Peter taking a picture of himself. (PM)

a reflection of our on-site vehicle (PM)

Solar 2, on a day too cloudy to take data (PM)

a Panoramic view of the heliostat field (PM)

The tower and field by dusk.

High noon. (SL)

Approaching the tower (JF)

Hundreds of suns make the 97% efficient
flat black part of the tower glow white.

The intense light has burned shadows
into the metal of the tower. (SL)

The tower at dusk. (JF)

View inside the tower, looking down. (PM)

The back of the secondary mirror with daylight showing through. (PA)

The camera and its array of PMTs . (SL)

Gora with the camera's debut.

Pete, with climbing harness, sets up the camera for a night's work. (PA)

The camera deployed, the heliostat field faintly visible in the background. (PA)

The same view in the daytime.

Mani repairing burnt out PMTs. (SL)

The electronics of the control room in the tower. (PA)

Paulo fixing encoders. (MT)

Paulo and John Linn. (MT)

John Linn fixing power boxes. (JS)

Pete demonstrating our first approach to washing mirrors.

Sasha and Cherie using the latest technique while Joe entertains. (PA)

Paulo and Cherie. (SL)

Cherie washing. (SL)

Mirror shot. (SL)

Taking a break. (SL)

Mani in a mysterious helmet. (SL)

Celebration dinner.