stackyFACTSLighthouses needed to throw light for miles, but massive glass domes were far too heavy to build. The elegant solution was slicing a standard curved lens into concentric, angled rings, dramatically reducing the weight while perfectly condensing scattered rays into a terrifyingly bright beam.
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