Posted on 01/10/2016 3:44:29 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Explanation: What's happening to our Sun? Another Coronal Mass Ejection (CME)! The Sun-orbiting SOHO spacecraft has imaged many erupting filaments lifting off the active solar surface and blasting enormous bubbles of magnetic plasma into space. Direct light from the sun is blocked in the inner part of the featured image, taken in 2002, and replaced by a simultaneous image of the Sun in ultraviolet light. The field of view extends over two million kilometers from the solar surface. While hints of these explosive events, called coronal mass ejections or CMEs, were discovered by spacecraft in the early 70s, this dramatic image is part of a detailed record of this CME's development from the presently operating SOHO spacecraft. Near the maximum of the solar activity cycle, CMEs now typically occur several times a week. Strong CMEs may profoundly influence space weather. Those directed toward our planet can have serious effects.
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[Credit: NASA, ESA, SOHO Consortium]
Without strong and meaningful gun control, CME’s will only get worse.
Calling Al Gore, calling Al Gore, we must do something about this Solar Warming! It's human activity that must be to blame, let's ban humans!
And until Israelis stop redecorating their rumpus rooms, we’ll never see the end of this refugee problem, which is made worse by Islamophobia, the 2nd Amendment, and discrimination against transgender sideshow freaks.
And until Israelis stop redecorating their rumpus rooms, we’ll never see the end of this refugee problem, which is made worse by Islamophobia, the 2nd Amendment, and discrimination against transgender sideshow freaks.
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...a four foot restriction on humanoid height...
;’)
I’m positive that when the sun’s CME’s reach the Earth, all people and cows look to the sun and say “holy s!it”, and fart at the same time, causing Glowbull Warming!
This whole CME thing started in a round of “pull my finger”. It’s sad, really.
Fixed it for ya.
I was about to post: "Yeah but only the Sun can fart in all directions simultaneously."
But then I remembered that years ago, a buddy had this neurotic dog that could not only FART in all directions simultaneously, when it got upset it would... oh, nevermind.
This image is scary and beautiful at the same time. It’s just lovely.
Thank you for the post and ping, Mr. Civilizations. You’ve presented a
gorgeous APOD for all to admire and learn something about Old Sol.
:’)
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