[MtnClimber]

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[MtnClimber]

[Nateman]

The sun is actually too hot to be on fire. At a certain temperature chemical reactions are no longer possible because the atoms are simply too energetic for the exchange of electrons. That is why a plasma is considered a fourth state of matter apart from solid liquid or gas.

[Ronaldus Magnus III]

Corona, too hot for lime!

[Ronaldus Magnus III]

Meanwhile, the Parker Solar Probe is Space Truckin around the Sun. At one point, it reached 430,000 miles per hour!!.

https://parkersolarprobe.jhuapl.edu/

https://parkersolarprobe.jhuapl.edu/The-Mission/index.php#Timeline

[dragnet2]

A massive solar eruption occurred May 7, 2025.

The earth would be about the size of this circle > o <

All the earth's nuclear weapon stockpiles on earth detonating at the same time on the sun would not even be detectable. Not a blip.