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4,200 sheep hidden among 755,000 solar panels in Australia
Original: 755,000 solar panels in Australia hide 4,200 sheep so well that drivers kept posting there were none inside, because a merino stands knee-high and the tilting rows read as one sheet of glass from the road — so the farmer rounded the flock up between the pa
A solar farm in Australia has become a talking point after drivers insisted there were no sheep inside, despite 4,200 merinos grazing between the rows. The panels tilt in a way that reads as one solid sheet of glass from the road, while the knee-high sheep stay hidden from view. The farmer eventually rounded the flock up between the panel rows to prove the animals were there all along, highlighting how solar farms can double as grazing land.
Why now: The striking contrast between drivers' claims of an empty solar farm and the reality of 4,200 hidden sheep makes for a surprising, shareable story.
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