Orange Sun Simmering
Credit & Copyright: Alan Friedman (Averted Imagination)
Posted on 06/09/2010 10:15:22 AM PDT by sig226
Explanation: Even a quiet Sun can be a busy place. And over the deep Solar Minimum of the past few years, our Sun has been unusually quiet. The above image, taken last week in a single color of light called Hydrogen Alpha and then false colored, records a great amount of detail of the simmering surface of our parent star. The gradual brightening towards the Sun's edge in this color-inverted image, called limb darkening, is caused by increased absorption of relatively cool solar gas. Just over the Sun's edges, several prominences are visible, while two prominences on the Sun's face are seen as light streaks just above and right of the image center. Two particularly active areas of the Sun are marked by dark plages. In contrast to recent quiet times, our Sun is moving toward Solar Maximum, and for years will likely appear much more active.
Amazing.
I was under the impression that minimums stick around for a while and maximums can jump around between quiet and extreme.
The sun will burn hotter and the Earth will warm.
In spite of this evidence the Anthropomorphic Global Warming proponents will claim the warming as proof of their claims.
Guilty! ... of Global Warming.
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