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Huge sigh of relief as sunspot appears
Engineering News ^ | Oct 10, 2008 | Kelvin Kemm

Posted on 10/11/2008 9:09:24 PM PDT by dr_lew

A sunspot has just appeared on the sun and many people are breathing a sigh of relief. Why?


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: solarcycle
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The new sunspots are here! The new sunspots are here!

This is hugh and series. I've been watching for them from my kitchen with my Edmund Astroscan pointed at the late afternoon sun through the sliding door, and projecting onto the ceiling with the eyepiece.

I'm happy to say that I saw this new pair before I read of its "sudden appearance" on solarcycle24.com . It was quite a thrill, I can tell you.

1 posted on 10/11/2008 9:09:24 PM PDT by dr_lew
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To: dr_lew

Roll out the lyrics to “King of Pain” by the Police....


2 posted on 10/11/2008 9:12:10 PM PDT by dr_who
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To: dr_lew

Finally some positive news!


3 posted on 10/11/2008 9:13:07 PM PDT by right way right (Do not mistake religion for God.)
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To: right way right
It's not a sunspot. It's Obama’s shadow.

He is truly the Messiah.

4 posted on 10/11/2008 9:15:03 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Democracy, two wolves and one sheep deciding what's for dinner.)
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To: Kickass Conservative

Did you just piss on my Wheaties?


5 posted on 10/11/2008 9:17:20 PM PDT by right way right (Do not mistake religion for God.)
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To: dr_lew

I like warming. It’s global cooling that kills.


6 posted on 10/11/2008 9:17:57 PM PDT by allmost
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To: dr_lew
There's a tiny blackhead on my nose today.
It's a little less swollen than yesterday.
There's a half-full bottle of Clearasil.
Guess I shouldn't have drunk it, 'cause I'm feeling ill...
7 posted on 10/11/2008 9:18:40 PM PDT by dr_who
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To: dr_lew

Halleluiah, we are saved … another mini ice age avoided. Bring on the Algore propaganda machine. He has yet another chance to bilk the ignorant or their money. ;-)


8 posted on 10/11/2008 9:18:47 PM PDT by doc1019 (Obama IS running against Palin)
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To: dr_lew

cool!

i mean hot.


9 posted on 10/11/2008 9:18:56 PM PDT by ken21 (people die and you never hear from them again.)
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To: doc1019

Or = of


10 posted on 10/11/2008 9:22:09 PM PDT by doc1019 (Obama IS running against Palin)
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To: right way right

“Did you just piss on my Wheaties?”

Not intentionally. LOL


11 posted on 10/11/2008 9:30:05 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Democracy, two wolves and one sheep deciding what's for dinner.)
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To: doc1019

Good reporting John but you did say Either Obama denounces ACORN or the MSM reports on it....I say neither will happen. Only those of us who dig for the truth actually find it and therefore we have become the real news outlets. We have to watch our own states, mine included here in North Carolina.


12 posted on 10/11/2008 9:32:21 PM PDT by Kadanne (Truth and integrity in America)
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To: dr_lew

Now I can finally get a good night's sleep!
13 posted on 10/11/2008 9:32:49 PM PDT by smokingfrog (God doesn't wear a wristwatch.)
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Re: "It's not a sunspot. It's Obama’s shadow."

Actually, it is the mole from the "chosen one's" face.

14 posted on 10/11/2008 9:33:29 PM PDT by Trajan88 (www.bullittclub.com)
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To: Kadanne

And back to the matter of sunspots … sheese, talk about stealing someone’s thunder. ;-)

Nice going Kadanne.


15 posted on 10/11/2008 9:37:20 PM PDT by doc1019 (Obama IS running against Palin)
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To: dr_lew

Good to see a new one, but we’re gonna need more than one or two to stave off a harsh winter!


16 posted on 10/11/2008 9:39:37 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: dr_who
I got this funny sensation crawlin' through my flesh
and my breathing is shallow though I'm minty fresh.
Should have perused the label when I could still see
but kidneys are backed up and I have to pee...
17 posted on 10/11/2008 9:44:44 PM PDT by dr_who
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Even the sun has been pissed that Obama is leading.

It’s a warning folks. We better heed it. (I’m not sure if I am being flippant or not.)


18 posted on 10/11/2008 9:45:38 PM PDT by bitterdfwrepub
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To: smokingfrog
Ha! you call that a sunspot?
Now, that's a sunspot you can sink your teeth into!
19 posted on 10/11/2008 9:55:59 PM PDT by mrsmith
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To: doc1019

Regia Solis erat sublimibus alta columnis,
clara micante auro flammasque imitante pyropo,
cuius ebur nitidum fastigia summa tegebat,
argenti bifores radiabant lumine valvae.
materiam superabat opus: nam Mulciber illic
aequora caelarat medias cingentia terras
terrarumque orbem caelumque, quod imminet orbi.

- Ovid

The palace of the SUN stood high on lofty columns
bright with glittering gold and bronze that shone
like fire. Gleaming ivory crowned the gables above;
the double folding doors were radiant with burnished
silver. And the workmanship was more beautiful
than the material. For upon the doors Mulciber had
carved in relief the waters that enfold the central
earth, the circle of the lands and the sky that
overhangs the lands.

... just like my kitchen!


20 posted on 10/11/2008 10:03:22 PM PDT by dr_lew
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