Blinded by The Shard

Sitting by the window looking out over Elephant & Castle towards London Bridge and suddenly this was my view...

http://yfrog.com/h2ep6mfj

The photo doesn't really do it justice, but <sarcasm>I'm glad to see the architects took the effects of their design on the local community into consideration</sarcasm>

I posted this last Sunday in the shard thread:
shiny shard pic

Not good for migraine sufferers.

http://m.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fbid=10150917089165424&id=624335423&__user=624335423

Here is another one. Not sure if the link to Facebook will work though.

revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night.

Hahahahahaha, yes @BossStBloke...that song was stuck in my head.

At risk of being provocative I think the Shard looks fantastic in the photos! Whilst out and about the other day the Shard looked wonderful bouncing the light back onto the streets of SE1

I suspect I would feel differently if it intruded onto my living space in an unwanted and inescapable fashion.

A suggested short term solution might be to look away from the shard or to part close curtains/blinds until the sun moves around? A longer term solution would obviously be for the shard to be demolished or encased in a non-reflective material.

I wonder, given the angles it's at, if it would affect aircraft. Last thing you need to see as a pilot is something like that. Maybe the last thing you'd see ever!

Yeah of course.. maybe even the UFOs won't land anymore in Peru after the Shard has been built... :)

When the sun hits the Shard it does reflect with a brightness which could definitely damage the eye if one looked at it too long. I have to close the blinds when it shines directly into my flat.

http://yfrog.com/z/kk6kfkecj