Posted on 07/24/2009 8:12:05 PM PDT by dopplerdale
This week, we all saw images on television screens of the solar eclipse that occurred on Wednesday. This was the longest eclipse the earth will see until 2136, which will likely be beyond most of our own lifetimes
unless my Fish Oil and CoQ10 work as I hope (!!!). I digress. When looking at the images at the NASA webpage, some are amazing, especially the one below. Hinode is an international mission to study our nearest star, the sun. To accomplish this, the Hinode mission includes a suite of three science instruments the Solar Optical Telescope, X-ray Telescope and Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer.
(Excerpt) Read more at weatherblog.web.waaytv.com ...
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“This was the longest eclipse the earth will see until 2136, which will likely be beyond most of our own lifetimes”
Ya think?
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