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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- A Sharp View of the Sun
NASA ^ | September 18, 2011 | (see photo credit)

Posted on 09/18/2011 9:24:57 AM PDT by SunkenCiv

Explanation: Here is one of the sharper views of the Sun ever taken. This stunning image shows remarkable details of a dark sunspot across the image bottom and numerous boiling granules which appear like kernels of corn across the top. Taken in 2002, the picture was made using the Swedish Solar Telescope operating on the Canary Island of La Palma. The high resolution image was achieved using sophisticated adaptive optics, digital image stacking, and other processing techniques to counter the blurring effect of Earth's atmosphere. Currently a sunspot group is crossing the Sun that is so large it can be easily seen by the cautious observer even without magnification.

September 18, 2011

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; astronomy; science; sunspots
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To: cicero2k
I have seen sunspots with my naked eye, in Los Angeles of all places.

Hey, that sounds great. At least until you burn your retinae out.

21 posted on 09/18/2011 12:24:25 PM PDT by Ole Okie (!!!?)
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To: decimon

Amber lamps?


22 posted on 09/18/2011 12:26:59 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (I can only be series in a parallel universe.)
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To: Larry Lucido
Amber lamps?

Amber Johnson.

23 posted on 09/18/2011 1:10:51 PM PDT by decimon
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To: SunkenCiv

Just wow!


24 posted on 09/18/2011 2:21:47 PM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: left that other site

;’)


25 posted on 09/18/2011 2:56:17 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (It's never a bad time to FReep this link -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: cicero2k

Dunno, but it may be available at APoD or a on a link found there.


26 posted on 09/18/2011 2:56:38 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (It's never a bad time to FReep this link -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv

An old joke, but updated to the present situation! :-)


27 posted on 09/18/2011 3:06:21 PM PDT by left that other site (Psalm 122:6)
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To: SunkenCiv

That’s what he’ll must look like.


28 posted on 09/18/2011 7:26:38 PM PDT by NCC-1701 (In Memphis on January 20, 2009, pump price were $1.49. We all know what happened after that.)
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To: NCC-1701

Sorry. He’ll should have read hell.


29 posted on 09/19/2011 6:09:09 AM PDT by NCC-1701 (In Memphis on January 20, 2009, pump price were $1.49. We all know what happened after that.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Nothing to see here, move on. The rumors this thing has something to do with Earth's climate are wrong!

30 posted on 09/20/2011 12:13:03 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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