HERE COMES THE SUN

Giant mirrors will this year bring winter sunshine for the first time to a Norwegian town nestled deep in a valley. Rjukan, around 100 miles west of Oslo, is usually shrouded in the shadow of surrounding hills from September through March. But this year, the town installed three mirrors known as heliostats on an overlooking ridge, to reflect beams of sunlight into the town’s center. “It is really special to stand in the light down on the square,” said Steinar Bergsland, the town’s mayor. “This is for the pale little children of Rjukan.”