Posted on 02/12/2023 5:51:06 AM PST by Roman_War_Criminal
Scientists have just spotted a strange circular filament wobbling around the sun's pole that has them really excited.
A huge filament of solar plasma has broken off the sun's surface and is circling its north pole like a vortex of powerful winds, but scientists have no clue what caused it.
"Talk about polar vortex! Material from a northern prominence just broke away from the main filament & is now circulating in a massive polar vortex around the north pole of our star," space weather forecaster Tamitha Skov said on Twitter while sharing a video sequence taken by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory showing the odd whirlwind. "Implications for understanding the sun's atmospheric dynamics above 55° here cannot be overstated!"
Other solar physicists shared Skov's excitement about the unusual phenomenon. But what exactly is it and why is it important?
(Excerpt) Read more at space.com ...
Best source for all solar info.
This is what I found:
Disgronifier
The “EIB Disgronifier” allows users to reformat EIB web pages.[46] The name comes from a story Limbaugh tells of being tricked by an auto shop into purchasing a “disgronifier” for his car. Also sometimes called “disgronificator.”
Yeah, one of those.
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