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Spacecraft Sees Giant 'Hole' In the Sun (Video)(SOHO - Solar and Heliospheric Observatory)
Yahoo! News ^ | 7/28/13 | SPACE.com - Megan Gannon

Posted on 07/28/2013 3:51:35 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

A space telescope aimed at the sun has spotted a gigantic hole in the solar atmosphere — a dark spot that covers nearly a quarter of our closest star, spewing solar material and gas into space.

The so-called coronal hole over the sun's north pole came into view between July 13 and 18 and was observed by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, or SOHO. NASA released a video of the sun hole as seen by the SOHO spacecraft, showing the region as a vast dark spot surrounded by solar activity.

Coronal holes are darker, cooler regions of the sun's atmosphere, or corona, containing little solar material. In these gaps, magnetic field lines whip out into the solar wind rather than looping back to the sun's surface. Coronal holes can affect space weather, as they send solar particles streaming off the sun about three times faster than the slower wind unleashed elsewhere from the sun's atmosphere, according to a description from NASA.

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These holes are not uncommon, but their frequency changes with the solar activity cycle. The sun is currently reaching its 11-year peak in activity, known as the solar maximum. Around the time of this peak, the sun's poles switch their magnetism. The number of coronal holes typically decreases leading up to the switch.

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TOPICS: Astronomy
KEYWORDS: gianthole; soho; spacecraft
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To: NormsRevenge

The author, Megan Gannon:

Even Modest Volcanic Eruptions May Mask Global Warming Effects

http://www.livescience.com/27581-volcanoes-sulfur-dioxide-global-warming.html

Sounds like more Pop Science nonsense.


21 posted on 07/28/2013 5:23:05 PM PDT by Texas Fossil (Once a Republic, since then a State in the US, but it is Still Texas where I live.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Is this an Oh Sh!! Moment?

Now that’s global cooling.


22 posted on 07/28/2013 5:28:07 PM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Interesting bit of information.


23 posted on 07/28/2013 5:32:11 PM PDT by Excellence (All your database are belong to us.)
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To: BenLurkin

What happened to the 30 day eviction notice ?

I hear some places allow for longer vacating of the premises.


24 posted on 07/28/2013 5:41:33 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi --)
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To: NormsRevenge

Damned Global Warming!!


25 posted on 07/28/2013 5:47:30 PM PDT by theDentist (FUBO; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
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To: NormsRevenge; brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; married21; ...

Thanks NormsRevenge, extra to APoD.


26 posted on 07/28/2013 6:18:16 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Tea Party obstructionism is to blame. < /s>


27 posted on 07/28/2013 6:38:23 PM PDT by Colonel_Flagg (Army dad. And damned proud.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Bush’s fault....

Global warming...

*grin*


28 posted on 07/28/2013 6:44:43 PM PDT by Crim (Palin / West '12)
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To: NormsRevenge

This is a crisis.

Obama will not let this one go to waste either.

Speech and teleprompters are being readied.


29 posted on 07/28/2013 7:06:06 PM PDT by adorno (Y)
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To: NormsRevenge

Ol’ Sol has a hole at the Pole?


30 posted on 07/28/2013 7:41:57 PM PDT by married21
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To: Colonel_Flagg
File this thread under Phony Scandals.

</sarc>

31 posted on 07/28/2013 11:31:18 PM PDT by Rodamala
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To: Rodamala

The Aztecs knew and the Mayan knew this day was coming. The former group staved it off by cutting billions of hearts out of captured peoples and offering them to the sun god.

The sun god is miffed.

I may not have my facts right but when did that ever stop me?


32 posted on 07/29/2013 2:49:24 AM PDT by urbanpovertylawcenter (where the law and poverty collide in an urban setting and sparks fly)
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To: COBOL2Java

I forgot about that....geez, and these people want the rest of us to take them seriously and come to them for news...WOW!


33 posted on 07/29/2013 5:44:40 AM PDT by BCW (Book - http://babylonscovertwar.com/index.html)
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To: BCW

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzHhxr-nrDk


34 posted on 07/29/2013 5:46:27 AM PDT by BCW (Book - http://babylonscovertwar.com/index.html)
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