You know what that is? It’s a huge structure for focusing the sun’s rays and melting shit. (Notice the upside down reflection of the building.) From Wikipedia:
A solar furnace is a structure used to harness the rays of the sun in order to produce high temperatures. This is achieved by using a curved mirror (or an array of mirrors) acting as a parabolic reflector to concentrate light (Insolation) on to a focal point. The temperature at the focal point may reach up to 3,000 degrees Celsius, and this heat can be used to generate electricity, melt steel or make hydrogen fuel.
Even better images (courtesy Pluvialis) of that Uzbek death-ray shown above, melting aluminum:
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