Luxor’s Sky Beam Attracts A Lot More Than Just Casino-goers

Luxor’s Sky Beam Attracts A Lot More Than Just Casino-goers

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Unveiled during the early 1990s, Luxor Las Vegas swiftly became an iconic part of the Strip thanks to its instantly recognizable pyramid shape.

The building even stood as the tallest casino on the strip, although it’s since lost this title.

However, it wasn’t just the size and shape of the building that made the Luxor so widely loved.

Instead, it was thanks to the Luxor sky beam, an incredibly bright beam of light that shoots from the tip of the pyramid into the sky above.

Often called the world’s brightest light, the sky beam has drawn people from all over the world to come and see it.

Anyone that has ever gone camping will know that bright lights attract bugs, moths in particular.

As the brightest light in the world, it should come as no surprise that the Luxor sky beam attracts bugs in their thousands.

The massive swarms of flying critters are mostly sphinx moths, which Luxor staff have reported to give the beam a golden glow.

With so many bugs in one place it was only a matter of time before they attracted Nevada’s hungry bat population.

Now there are so many bats in the air that tourists end up mistaking them for UFOs.

Owls, who as nocturnal hunters must be rather confused by the bright lights of Las Vegas in general, are natural predators for bats.

So, owls have also descended on the sky beam, getting their own feast, and adding even more UFO fever when they are caught in the light.

In 2019, there was even a swarm of migrating grasshoppers in 온라인카지노사이트 Vegas that also added to the Luxor sky beam’s ecosystem.

Of course, all these flying creatures can cause problems if they manage to get into the lights themselves.

If they land on the actual lamp, they instantly cook and can cause the glass to crack.

No wonder the staff at the Luxor keep all the windows closed

The beams from these different lights are then combined using a number of mirrors to create the sky beam.

Because of the heat from the lamps and mirrors, workers can’t do any maintenance on the setup while the system is on.

Temperatures have been measured at 500 degrees Fahrenheit just above the surface of the lamp, while the workers’ platform 25 feet above the lights hits 300 degrees when the lights are on.

The sky beam is known as the brightest light on Earth, but it has actually been dimmed since it was first turned on in 1993.

In an effort to save energy and money, only half of the lamps are used every night.