Astronomy Picture of the Day 5-08-02

NASA ^ | 5-08-02 | Robert Nemiroff and Jerry Bonnell

[petuniasevan]

Since ultraviolet radiation is blocked by Earth's atmosphere, this kind of photography must be done from orbit.

This beautiful image is courtesy of the Transition Region and Coronal Explorer. TRACE is a mission of the Stanford-Lockheed Institute for Space Research (a joint program of the Lockheed-Martin Advanced Technology Center's Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory and Stanford's Solar Observatories Group ), and part of the NASA Small Explorer program.

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[petuniasevan]

APOD PING!

[wafflehouse]

WOW!!!

AWESOME picture!!!!

[sleavelessinseattle]

I sat behind a girl with hair like this on a bus in Olympia Wa! Swear to God!!! Great Picture!!!

[StriperSniper]

I think I found her WEBSITE.

[sleavelessinseattle]

AYEEE MY EYES!!!MY EYES!!!

[DallasGal]

Thank you for the daily ping. All the pictures are amazing.

[fnord]

Is that a host blocking part of the sun ???

old inside joke, hehe

[dd5339]

Wow! The HF ought to be jammin!

73's

[petuniasevan]

Ping ClassyGreenEyedBlonde!

[Dixie Mom]

Sun-sational! Thanks for the ping. :)

[2Trievers]

Is that the only thing burning!? LOL &;-)

[sleavelessinseattle]

My fear of bald punk rocker chicks is honestly acquired, Miss, I DID survive the Cobain Grunge period in Seattle, afterall, Haughty sniff.

[2Trievers]

I prefer some historical context to my punk! &;-)

Apologies to 'tunia! &;-)

[aomagrat]

Now that's a BBQ pit!

[RightWhale]

Did you remember to send royalty payment to Virgiliu Pop for photographing his sun?

[fnord]

LOL :-)

[sistergoldenhair]

Great picture!

[Vigilantcitizen]

Thanks for the ping.

Beautiful picture of the Sun.

[Helix]

Since ultraviolet radiation is blocked by Earth's atmosphere, this kind of photography must be done from orbit.

Beautiful picture! Did you know that some insects can see well into the UV range? I wonder if that was ever a useful ability on Earth.