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Pick of The Week [coronal mass ejection (CME) from far side of the Sun]
Solar and Heliospheric Observatory ^
| December 17, 2008
| SOHO Webmaster
Posted on 12/17/2008 7:07:32 AM PST by SunkenCiv
Over the period of several hours SOHO observed a large bubble-like coronal mass ejection (CME) blast from the far side of the Sun and out into space to the right (Dec. 8-9, 2008). The particle cloud will have no effect on Earth. Even within the rather narrow field of view of this C2 coronagraph, the bubble expands to the size of the sun. CMEs often appear bulbous in shape, but this might be likened to an expanding smoke ring. The sun is still near its lowest levels of activity in the solar cycle, but starting to break out of its doldrums. The white circle represents the size of the Sun and the red occulting disk blocks the brightest area around the sun to reveal the faint structures beyond it.
(Excerpt) Read more at sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov ...
TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; cme; coronalmassejection; soho; solarflare
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posted on
12/17/2008 7:07:32 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
To: Swordmaker; 75thOVI; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AndrewC; aristotleman; Avoiding_Sulla; BBell; ...
They really get some mileage out of the same data, eh? ;')
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posted on
12/17/2008 7:08:55 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______Profile finally updated Saturday, December 6, 2008 !!!)
To: SunkenCiv
coronal mass ejection (CME) blast from the far side of the SunI thought that was the FR term-of-the-week for "hurl alert."
That picture is ridiculous, btw.
To: SunkenCiv
Coronal Mass Ejection, by the SUN, huh?
According to my cardiologist, my HEART is going to do that very same thing if I don't stop eating sausage and drinking caffeinated coffee...
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posted on
12/17/2008 7:10:03 AM PST
by
WayneS
(Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
To: the invisib1e hand
That’s good. We can reduce typing times by putting “CME Alert” on DU articles and such.
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posted on
12/17/2008 7:11:27 AM PST
by
WayneS
(Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
To: the invisib1e hand
Naw, here's the one we use for that:
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posted on
12/17/2008 7:25:57 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______Profile finally updated Saturday, December 6, 2008 !!!)
To: WayneS
You won’t live any longer, it’ll just *seem* like it takes forever. ;’)
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posted on
12/17/2008 7:26:26 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______Profile finally updated Saturday, December 6, 2008 !!!)
To: SunkenCiv
Yeh...but where are the sunspots.....?
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posted on
12/17/2008 8:47:45 AM PST
by
spokeshave
(0bambi wants to kill babies and raise taxes, Sarah wants to raise babies and kill taxes)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
12/17/2008 9:42:36 AM PST
by
LiteKeeper
(Beware the secularization of America; the Islamization of Eurabia)
To: spokeshave
Yeh...but where are the sunspots Hanging out with the bees
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posted on
12/17/2008 10:31:23 AM PST
by
hattend
(Sarah Palin has run a fishing business, a city, and a state. All Obama has done is run his mouth.)
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