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NASA Spotted The Sun Smiling, And It's The Most Joyous Thing
Science Alert ^ | 28 October 2022 | By PETER DOCKRILL

Posted on 10/28/2022 11:25:20 AM PDT by Red Badger

The smiling Sun. (NASA Sun/Twitter) Sometimes an unexpected smile is all it takes to turn your day around. Well, that kind of cheery surprise doesn't get much bigger than this.

Astronomers at NASA have spotted the Sun beaming a remarkable, joyous grin, in a sunny spectacle destined to put a smile on your dial.

As shared on NASA's Sun Twitter account, this incredible image reveals the Sun looking positively radiant in more ways than one.

Of course, the 'smile' we see here isn't actually a real smile. What we're looking at are coronal holes (the dark patches), where fast bursts of solar wind gush out into space, as NASA explains.

Sun Caught Smiling The Sun caught smiling. (NASA Sun/Twitter) It just so happens – amidst all the crazy solar fluctuations the Sun tends to exhibit – that two of these coronal holes kind of look like twinkling eyes, while a third uncannily resembles an exuberant smile.

What's really going on here is the phenomenon of pareidolia, where we imagine seeing things like faces in random patterns.

It's a trick of the mind, only this time it's being played out on a stupendous, Sun-sized scale.

As some keen-eyed Twitter users have observed, the Sun's visage here doesn't only look like a smiling face.

The particular proportions of that exultant grin bear a striking similarity to the facial configuration of a certain legendary villain of Ghostbusters lore: the Stay Puft marshmallow man.

Yes, it really is quite the coincidence.

The phrase 'separated at birth' even springs to mind, even if it's just another example of people seeing something that isn't really there.

But even if this is just a meaningless, random confluence of mysterious solar physics, that doesn't mean we shouldn't get a laugh out of it.

So enjoy! And always try to look for the positives in life wherever you can.

Let the Sun be your shining example.


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Astronomy; History; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; nasa; physics; science; sdo; stringtheory
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1 posted on 10/28/2022 11:25:20 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: MtnClimber; SunkenCiv

Ping!.................


2 posted on 10/28/2022 11:25:47 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

OMG! The Sun has a Hitler mustache!


3 posted on 10/28/2022 11:26:36 AM PDT by MMusson
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To: MMusson

i see a jimmy durante proboscis.


4 posted on 10/28/2022 11:27:33 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: MMusson

no...that’s the mouth


5 posted on 10/28/2022 11:28:20 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Red Badger

Right before it blows us a 1,000,000 degree kiss.


6 posted on 10/28/2022 11:28:29 AM PDT by stevio (.)
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To: Sacajaweau

LOL! So do I.


7 posted on 10/28/2022 11:28:46 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Red Badger

Just proves that there is beer on the sun. (/MST3K references)


8 posted on 10/28/2022 11:28:52 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: MMusson

I tried to think of something harmless. Something from my childhood.


9 posted on 10/28/2022 11:29:31 AM PDT by Delta 21 (MAGA Republican is my pronoun.)
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That's nothing. We already have the Sun's baby picture.


10 posted on 10/28/2022 11:30:31 AM PDT by fidelis (👈 Under no obligation to respond to rude, ignorant, abusive, bellicose, and obnoxious posts.)
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11 posted on 10/28/2022 11:33:30 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA ( Scratch a leftist and you'll find a fascist )
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To: Red Badger
As shared on NASA's Sun Twitter account, this incredible image

Obviously happy that The Bee and PDJT are back.

12 posted on 10/28/2022 11:37:12 AM PDT by Ezekiel (🆘️ "Come fly with US". Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with Mars ♂️, aka every man.)
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To: Red Badger

NASA continues to “follow the science”.


13 posted on 10/28/2022 11:38:57 AM PDT by Tallguy
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To: Red Badger

Hope it doesn’t sneeze on us!


14 posted on 10/28/2022 11:40:57 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: Red Badger
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15 posted on 10/28/2022 11:41:53 AM PDT by broken_clock (Go Trump! Still praying.)
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To: broken_clock

love it...made my day...


16 posted on 10/28/2022 11:43:56 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Sacajaweau

:-)


17 posted on 10/28/2022 11:45:13 AM PDT by broken_clock (Go Trump! Still praying.)
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18 posted on 10/28/2022 11:48:09 AM PDT by al_c (Democrats: Party over Common Sense)
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To: Red Badger

Sun has a huge snoozola!


19 posted on 10/28/2022 11:49:20 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Red Badger

Just in time for Halloween. Trick or Treat!


20 posted on 10/28/2022 11:51:37 AM PDT by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.for corruptiion)
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