Solar power helps rekindle Great Dome lighting tradition

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<p><a href=“http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/dome-lighting-0606.html[/url]”>http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/dome-lighting-0606.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Solar power helps rekindle Great Dome lighting tradition
June 6, 2007</p>

<p>A new lighting scheme will turn the iconic Great Dome of Building 10 into a “nighttime beacon.”</p>

<p>Using the same amount of electricity needed to run two hair dryers, a total of 12 new fixtures will illuminate the dome, the Roman numerals that spell out 1916 (the year the building opened) and the limestone fa</p>

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<p>nooo, lights. how are we supposed to remain undetected when transporting police cars to the dome now. oh well, at least it looks pretty. <a href=“http://hacks.mit.edu/Hacks/by_year/1994/cp_car/[/url]”>http://hacks.mit.edu/Hacks/by_year/1994/cp_car/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>:) I love the police car hack :)</p>