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The boiling, erupting Sun
Discover ^ | October 29, 2010 | Phil Plait, Alan Friedman

Posted on 10/30/2010 7:58:56 AM PDT by Talisker

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To: martin_fierro; Talisker; SunkenCiv

Looks like we had a case of the zactlees, Martin. I thought it looked just like a fertilized human egg, too.


21 posted on 10/31/2010 6:40:21 PM PDT by bigheadfred (wogga la hooga)
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To: Talisker

Dittos. Simply amazing. I am in awe.


22 posted on 10/31/2010 7:23:28 PM PDT by LiberConservative ("This is not an election on November 2. This is a restraining order." -PJ O'Rourke)
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To: bigheadfred; martin_fierro

Then comets must be spermatazoa?


23 posted on 10/31/2010 7:27:54 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Culminating in this conversation.


24 posted on 10/31/2010 7:51:00 PM PDT by bigheadfred (wogga la hooga)
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Sneak attacks from the Sun

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New research indicates that one-third of solar eruptions may occur without warning.
By Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts Published: December 8, 2010

This image combines all of STEREO's wavelengths into one three-dimensional photograph.
Photo by NASA
Our Sun can be a menace when it sends out powerful solar blasts of radiation toward Earth. Astronomers keenly watch the Sun to learn more about what powers these solar eruptions in hopes of being able to predict them. New research shows that one-third of the Sun's blasts are sneak attacks that may occur without warning.

"If space weather forecasters rely on some of the traditional danger signs, they'll miss a significant fraction of solar eruptions," said Suli Ma from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

25 posted on 12/28/2010 6:24:21 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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I think they all do. ;’) thanks Ernest!


26 posted on 12/28/2010 7:43:04 PM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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