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SOLAR PROMINENCE:
(rising over the sun's northeastern limb)
Spaceweather ^
| April 1st, 2010
Posted on 04/01/2010 1:46:38 PM PDT by TaraP
SOLAR PROMINENCE: Today, amateur astronomers around the world are monitoring a huge prominence rising over the sun's northeastern limb. It's so big, it won't fit in the space provided. Click on the image below to see the entire arch:
Eric Roel took the picture just hours ago from his backyard observatory in Valle de Bravo, Mexico. Since then, the view has changed. Magnetic fields underpinning this magnificent structure are in a state of fairly rapid motion, pulling the plasma to and fro, offering a different profile to every observer. The whole thing could become unstable and collapse. Readers with solar telescopes are encouraged to monitor developments.
TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: catastrophism
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posted on
04/01/2010 1:46:39 PM PDT
by
TaraP
To: All
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posted on
04/01/2010 1:47:06 PM PDT
by
TaraP
(He never offered our victories without fighting but he said help would always come in time)
To: All
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posted on
04/01/2010 1:48:00 PM PDT
by
TaraP
(He never offered our victories without fighting but he said help would always come in time)
To: TaraP; SunkenCiv; decimon; Quix
This one looks scarier for some reason. Need some expert opinion.
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posted on
04/01/2010 1:57:54 PM PDT
by
wolfcreek
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsd7DGqVSIc)
To: TaraP
No wonder it is so warm here this afternoon!
5
posted on
04/01/2010 1:58:26 PM PDT
by
dis.kevin
(Dry white toast)
To: wolfcreek
That’s big! Looks like a large Crab coming off the sun!
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posted on
04/01/2010 2:00:45 PM PDT
by
TaraP
(He never offered our victories without fighting but he said help would always come in time)
To: TaraP
That was SOHOs pix of the week.
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posted on
04/01/2010 2:03:24 PM PDT
by
wolfcreek
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsd7DGqVSIc)
To: TaraP
8
posted on
04/01/2010 2:08:08 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(The Last Boy Scout)
To: TaraP
Proof of man made solar warming due to our increasing use of sunglasses and tanning lotions. Only pasty white communists can save the glaciers on the dark side of the sun!
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posted on
04/01/2010 2:17:52 PM PDT
by
Doctor DNA
(To serve Man - Tuesdays: Half off!)
To: TaraP
Quick Froggy - pluck your twanger!
I guess a real concern is will this generate a X class flare?
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posted on
04/01/2010 2:23:07 PM PDT
by
ASOC
(In case of attack, tune to 640 kilocycles or 1240 kilocycles on your AM dial.)
To: TaraP
Okay, were you the one asking for sunspots? ;-)
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posted on
04/01/2010 2:40:03 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: ASOC
TaraP: WOW! I have not heard the Quick Froggy Pluck Your Twanger phrase is about 40 years! Are you a child of the 50s or did you catch this on reruns? “Hiya, kids, hiya, hiya!”
To: majormaturity
GEE and I thought I was the only one who remembered that
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posted on
04/01/2010 2:52:22 PM PDT
by
mongo141
To: majormaturity
Wasn’t it “Pluck you Magic Twanger Froggy”? Let’s Predend.
To: Gadsden1st
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posted on
04/01/2010 3:35:51 PM PDT
by
satan
To: wolfcreek
You know, if the sun wasn’t necessary for life to exist on Earth, I wouldn’t want to be so close to that thing. It looks dangerous, lol.
To: wolfcreek; TaraP
All such sure looks like
MORE
“SIGNS IN THE HEAVENS”
TO me.
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posted on
04/01/2010 4:25:15 PM PDT
by
Quix
(BLOKES who got us where we R: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
To: majormaturity
Sigh - NO, I am that old......
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posted on
04/01/2010 8:02:12 PM PDT
by
ASOC
(In case of attack, tune to 640 kilocycles or 1240 kilocycles on your AM dial.)
To: wolfcreek; 75thOVI; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AndrewC; aragorn; aristotleman; Avoiding_Sulla; ..
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posted on
04/02/2010 7:55:21 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
To: SunkenCiv
I've seen worse -
Didn't keep a note of what year it was, sorry.
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posted on
04/02/2010 8:25:02 PM PDT
by
Fred Nerks
(fair dinkum!)
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