Posted on 11/02/2020 3:53:19 PM PST by MtnClimber
Explanation: What's happening to the Sun? Clearly, the Sun's lower half is hidden behind a thick cloud. Averaging over the entire Earth, clouds block the Sun about 2/3rds of the time, although much less over many land locations. On the Sun's upper right is a prominence of magnetically levitating hot gas. The prominence might seem small but it could easily envelop our Earth and persist for over a month. The featured image is a combination of two exposures, one optimizing the cloud and prominence, and the other optimizing the Sun's texture. Both were taken about an hour apart with the same camera and from the same location in Lynnwood, Washington, USA. The shaggy texture derives from the Sun's chromosphere, an atmospheric layer that stands out in the specifically exposed color. The uniformity of the texture shows the surface to be relatively calm, indicative of a Sun just past the solar minimum in its 11-year cycle. In the years ahead, the Sun will progress toward a more active epoch where sunspots, prominences, and ultimately auroras on Earth will be more common: solar maximum.
(Excerpt) Read more at apod.nasa.gov ...
For more detail go to the link and click on the image for a high definition image. You can then zoom by moving the magnifying glass over an area and then clicking. The side bars will move the zoomed area over the photograph.
This photograph is a great one to use the link's zoom feature. The surface of the sun is incredible in this filtered wavelength when zoomed in close.
Today’s link has a cat and a dog. I can’t be sure, but they may be actively tearing up election ballots.
Pinging the APOD list. I missed the distro list the first time.
What the SUN looks like over 10 years (NASA time lapse)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lTtrcSe-Hc
That was an interesting time lapse. Too slow to really see the changes of the sun spot cycle. By dragging the curser over the time bar you can see the changes very clearly.
Thanks MtnClimber. I have half-siblings, but no half-suns or half-daughters.
I don't even deserve a rimshot for that, but...
I see the Enterprise rounding the sun in a time warp.
Looks like a half eaten Vanilla Wafer.
How about a half eaten double cheeseburger?
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