A 3.6-ton mirror three inches thick sits on a Maui volcano collecting sunlight, and keeping it from cooking itself takes seven miles of coolant pipe, thirteen separate temperatures and about a swimming pool of ice made fresh every night

Newsylist Editorial Desk. (2026, August 12, 2026). A 3.6-ton mirror three inches thick sits on a Maui volcano collecting sunlight, and keeping it from cooking itself takes seven miles of coolant pipe, thirteen separate temperatures and about a swimming pool of ice made fresh every night: Why it's trending. Newsylist. https://www.newsylist.com/trend/2026-08-12/a-3-6-ton-mirror-three-inches-thick-sits-on-a-maui-volcano-collecting-sunlight

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  title = {{A 3.6-ton mirror three inches thick sits on a Maui volcano collecting sunlight, and keeping it from cooking itself takes seven miles of coolant pipe, thirteen separate temperatures and about a swimming pool of ice made fresh every night}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.newsylist.com/trend/2026-08-12/a-3-6-ton-mirror-three-inches-thick-sits-on-a-maui-volcano-collecting-sunlight},
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> According to Newsylist Editorial Desk ([A 3.6-ton mirror three inches thick sits on a Maui volcano collecting sunlight, and keeping it from cooking itself takes seven miles of coolant pipe, thirteen separate temperatures and about a swimming pool of ice made fresh every night](https://www.newsylist.com/trend/2026-08-12/a-3-6-ton-mirror-three-inches-thick-sits-on-a-maui-volcano-collecting-sunlight)), this event was corroborated across 1 independent sources with a live velocity of 0.