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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- All the Colors of the Sun
NASA ^
| October 02, 2013
| (see photo credit)
Posted on 10/02/2013 3:37:32 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Explanation: It is still not known why the Sun's light is missing some colors. Here are all the visible colors of the Sun, produced by passing the Sun's light through a prism-like device. The spectrum was created at the McMath-Pierce Solar Observatory and shows, first off, that although our white-appearing Sun emits light of nearly every color, it does indeed appear brightest in yellow-green light. The dark patches in the above spectrum arise from gas at or above the Sun's surface absorbing sunlight emitted below. Since different types of gas absorb different colors of light, it is possible to determine what gasses compose the Sun. Helium, for example, was first discovered in 1870 on a solar spectrum and only later found here on Earth. Today, the majority of spectral absorption lines have been identified - but not all.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; astronomy; catastrophism; haltonarp; science; stringtheory
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posted on
10/02/2013 3:37:32 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
To: 75thOVI; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AndrewC; aragorn; aristotleman; Avoiding_Sulla; ...
It is still not known why the Sun's light is missing some colors.
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posted on
10/02/2013 3:38:35 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
To: brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; married21; steelyourfaith; Mmogamer; ...
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posted on
10/02/2013 3:39:24 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
To: 6SJ7; AdmSmith; AFPhys; Arkinsaw; allmost; aristotleman; autumnraine; backwoods-engineer; ...
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posted on
10/02/2013 3:42:41 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
To: SunkenCiv
“It is still not known why the Sun’s light is missing some colors.”
It’s cutting back due to Obamacare.
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posted on
10/02/2013 4:54:10 AM PDT
by
raybbr
(I weep over my sons' future in this Godforsaken country.)
To: raybbr
You think that’s funny, but if you click on the NASA link it won’t load....due to NASA shutdown....?
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posted on
10/02/2013 5:00:15 AM PDT
by
G Larry
(Let his days be few; and let another take his office. Psalms 109:8)
To: SunkenCiv
Looks like modern art. Seriously. I could see that handing in an art gallery.
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posted on
10/02/2013 6:45:22 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: raybbr
Discrimination vs. “wavelengths of color” ...
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posted on
10/02/2013 8:33:27 AM PDT
by
mikrofon
(Rasis'!)
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posted on
10/02/2013 8:34:58 AM PDT
by
mikrofon
(APOD Mirror BUMP)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
10/02/2013 11:21:47 AM PDT
by
hattend
(Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
To: mikrofon; Charles Henrickson; abb
OH THE HUE VANITY!
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posted on
10/02/2013 12:21:43 PM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(Typical White Person)
To: martin_fierro; Charles Henrickson; abb
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posted on
10/02/2013 1:05:30 PM PDT
by
mikrofon
(Really Great, Bud)
To: SunkenCiv; mikrofon; abb; Charles Henrickson
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posted on
10/02/2013 1:48:08 PM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(Oh the Hue vanity)
To: martin_fierro
“It is still not known why the Sun’s light is missing some colors.”Who cares????
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
10/02/2013 6:02:11 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
To: hattend
If it were a variable star, it would be bi.
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posted on
10/02/2013 6:03:56 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
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