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1 posted on 05/28/2012 5:38:58 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv

Yep, the biggest H-bomb within four and a half light years. 600 million tons per second of exploding hydrogen nuclei, with us huddled near it like insects around a street light.


4 posted on 05/28/2012 6:13:35 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder (The right thing is not always the popular thing)
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To: SunkenCiv

That’s about as much eclipse as we got. But we had a high overcast that was blocking a lot of light that day. I had to project through my binocular’s objective lens to get an image on paper.


11 posted on 05/28/2012 10:46:43 AM PDT by GATOR NAVY
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To: SunkenCiv

Don’t forget the transit of Venus, moving in front of the the sun June 5.

No one currently alive on this planet will ever see it again.


13 posted on 05/28/2012 11:09:59 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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