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The boiling, erupting Sun
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| October 29, 2010
| Phil Plait, Alan Friedman
Posted on 10/30/2010 7:58:56 AM PDT by Talisker
TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day
KEYWORDS: astronomy; catastrophism; sun
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This is the most incredible photo of the sun I've ever seen. In fact, it's one of the most incredible photos I've ever seen, period!
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posted on
10/30/2010 7:59:00 AM PDT
by
Talisker
To: Talisker
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posted on
10/30/2010 8:01:41 AM PDT
by
steelyourfaith
(ObamaCare Death Panels: a Final Solution to the looming Social Security crisis ?)
To: Talisker
whats most amazing to me is how perfectly round it is, not lumpy at all
To: Talisker
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posted on
10/30/2010 8:06:13 AM PDT
by
P.O.E.
(Compact Theory)
To: Talisker
This was taken with a solar telescope. If you have the extra cash around, they do sell personal ones that are semi-affordable and would make fascinating tools for kids.
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posted on
10/30/2010 8:22:05 AM PDT
by
Little Pig
(Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici.)
To: Talisker
I’d love to see images like that during a solar maximum.
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posted on
10/30/2010 8:23:06 AM PDT
by
Little Pig
(Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici.)
To: Little Pig
I think it’s just a close up of a ball of yarn.
To: Talisker
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posted on
10/30/2010 8:30:56 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both.)
To: Talisker
It looks like an egg waiting to be fertilized. Where’s a good comet when you need one...?
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posted on
10/30/2010 8:32:00 AM PDT
by
freebilly
(No wonder the left has a boner for Obama. There's CIALIS in soCIALISt....)
To: Talisker; SunkenCiv
Just sayin'.
To: freebilly
To: Talisker
That’s just a close-up of a Nerf ball with dust and hairs on it....
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posted on
10/30/2010 8:40:45 AM PDT
by
mikrofon
(Cool pic!)
To: onedoug
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posted on
10/30/2010 8:44:29 AM PDT
by
stylecouncilor
(What Would Jim Thompson Do?)
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
10/30/2010 9:22:19 AM PDT
by
freebilly
(No wonder the left has a boner for Obama. There's CIALIS in soCIALISt....)
To: BenLurkin
Yeah...vey few sunspots...see the daily sunspot pic at: http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/sunspots/
there is only one.
last time there were few sunspots was a 400 year long mini ice age...from 1350 to 1750
Enjoy the cold....
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posted on
10/30/2010 9:45:38 AM PDT
by
spokeshave
(Islamics and Democrats unite to cut off Adam Smith's invisible hand)
To: stylecouncilor
Most G2V stars, like our Sun, occur in binary or trinary systems throughout the Milky Way galaxy. A solitary star like ours is a gift from God.
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posted on
10/30/2010 10:02:03 AM PDT
by
onedoug
To: Talisker
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posted on
10/30/2010 10:04:43 AM PDT
by
Gator113
(Beauty will devour the Beast in 2012. Kill "Obamamosque"@ Ground Zero)
To: Talisker
This is my new desktop background. Simply amazing.
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posted on
10/30/2010 11:35:57 AM PDT
by
Paradox
(Democrats new Motto: Vini, Vidi, Lewinski!)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
10/30/2010 3:32:39 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: martin_fierro; decimon; Fred Nerks; Swordmaker; wendy1946; 75thOVI; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; ..
Thanks martin_fierro & decimon. Bandwidth warning, that's a big pic in the topmost message of this topic.
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posted on
10/31/2010 4:31:19 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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