B737 captain at FL380 reports being blinded by the solar array southwest of las.

Attributes
ACN	1238677
Time
Date	201502
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	LAS.Airport
State Reference	NV
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 270 Flight Crew Total 13800 Flight Crew Type 7000
Events
Anomaly	Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

Narrative:

Blinding reflection from solar facility. It is so bright; it is uncomfortable to look in that direction; even with sunglasses. This means scanning for traffic from that direction isn't done.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 Captain at FL380 reports being blinded by the solar array southwest of LAS.

Narrative: Blinding reflection from solar facility. It is so bright; it is uncomfortable to look in that direction; even with sunglasses. This means scanning for traffic from that direction isn't done.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.