Mirror, Mirror, On the Hill...

Nearly 30 hectares of sloping grazing land is being turned into a series of evaporative terraces, ending in storage dam, that will be filled with toxic waste water from the mine. This water will evaporate, leaving behind solids in the terraces for future generations to curse us about. 

So much for intergenerational equity and the precautionary principle and all that other guff.

But before all of that happens, the terraces will be full of water. They are required to always be wet by the conditions of the VCAT decision handed down in April.

Now when you have multiple bodies of water arranged on a hill, and the sun passes overhead...

Here's a big hole full of water. Just one. And it's only a little big hole, really. All of that land in the background and more on either side will soon be turned into bigger holes full of water.

So, questions for the regulators - any of you will do. 

Whoever deals with light pollution.

At what times of the day and at what times of the year will the sun reflect off the surface of these terraces and into the eyes of residents on neighbouring properties thereby adversely affecting their amenity through the imposition of blinding light? 
What about the impacts on stock? 
On wildlife?

Lighting the way along the major Mitchell Trail!

Has anybody done any calculations? Anybody even considered this stuff?

Anybody?