B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 270; Flight Crew Total 13800; Flight Crew Type 7000
Physiological - Other
Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown
General None Reported / Taken
Environment - Non Weather Related; Human Factors
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.
B737 Captain at FL380 reports being blinded by the solar array southwest of LAS.