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To: Servant of the 9
sorry. I didn't know anyone was trying to sleep.
35 posted on
02/18/2005 7:55:46 PM PST by
smonk
To: Servant of the 9
A similar blast within 10 light-years of Earth "would destroy the ozone layer," according to a CfA statement, "causing abrupt climate change and mass extinctions due to increased radiation." The ozone layer would recover within a few days, but the loss of every satellite would take years to recover from.
This burst had a power output of about 1x10^40 Watts. That would yield about 80000 Watts/meter^2 on earth from a distance of 10 light-years. About 100 times as bright as the sun's visible radiation, but it only lasts for a few hours at most, and dissipates in the upper atmosphere.
To: Servant of the 9
49 posted on
02/18/2005 8:47:22 PM PST by
Captain Beyond
(The Hammer of the gods! (Just a cool line from a Led Zep song))
To: Servant of the 9
Does this mean all our neighbors on the other side of the galaxy were wiped out?
50 posted on
02/18/2005 8:48:13 PM PST by
DannyTN
To: Servant of the 9
Another G'ould Mothership bites the dust...
60 posted on
02/18/2005 9:16:12 PM PST by
WestVirginiaRebel
("Senator, we can have this discussion in any way that you would like.")
To: Servant of the 9
From the article:
The flare on SGR 1806-20 unleashed about 10,000 trillion trillion trillion watts of power.
and I thought "billions and billions" was a lot.
Carl Seagan would be proud:
63 posted on
02/18/2005 9:23:11 PM PST by
ChadGore
(VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans.)
To: kayak
69 posted on
02/19/2005 4:45:51 AM PST by
Molly Pitcher
(We are Americans...the sons and daughters of liberty...*.from FReeper the Real fifi*)
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