A Twisted Solar Eruptive Prominence
Credit: SOHO Consortium, EIT, ESA, NASA
Posted on 06/01/2008 9:03:48 AM PDT by sig226
Explanation: Ten Earths could easily fit in the "claw" of this seemingly solar monster. The monster, though, visible on the lower left, is a huge eruptive prominence seen moving out from our Sun. The above dramatic image taken early in the year 2000 by the Sun-orbiting SOHO satellite. This large prominence, though, is significant not only for its size, but its shape. The twisted figure eight shape indicates that a complex magnetic field threads through the emerging solar particles. Differential rotation inside the Sun might help account for the surface explosion. Although large prominences and energetic Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) are relatively rare, they are occurred more frequently near Solar Maximum, the time of peak sunspot and solar activity in the eleven-year solar cycle.
We’ve finally narrowed the focus on global warming.
While the sun is a steel cold cinder at present it can still give off a CME now and then.
This photo is from 2000, and is thus not strictly “of the day.”
They are still posting Hubble images and Hubble has been offline for a couple, three years. Must be some other meaning to this puzzle.
Can we send Algore Bearmanpig to the SUN to investigate???
Since we have no solar activity to show you yet in this cycle, here’s a reminder from last cycle... :^)
Russia, China, India, amd countries in South America are amazed at how the people of Europe and North America are shooting themselves in the foot with this “man made global warming” BS. We are going to fall faster than Rome did. Its already started and it will be swift and very painful. This is how great countries fall from within.
Quiet today!
Don’t care how old it is, I just found my new desktop background. That’s just too cool, er, hot, er, whatever.
Zero sunspots today?
Pretty much zero sunspots this year.
I’m getting a tan just looking at that pic!
Cordially,
Strangely believe it, the pic looks an awful lot like the photo of my retina.
Yes, there is no god, it’s all a big massive chaotic chance circumstance.
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