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Title: Sun forms weird ring
Post by: Himu on October 17, 2010, 01:53:59 AM
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GREAT FILAMENT: A vast filament of magnetism is cutting across the sun's southern hemisphere today. Run a finger along the golden-brown line in this extreme UV image from the Solar Dynamics Observatory and your digit will have traveled more than 400,000 km:

A bright 'hot spot' just north of the filament's midpoint is UV radiation from sunspot 1112. The proximity is no coincidence; the filament appears to be rooted in the sunspot below. If the sunspot flares, it could cause the entire structure to erupt.

UPDATE: Yesterday's M3-flare did not destabilize the filament. Stay tuned, however, because sunspot 1112 is growing and more activity is possible in the hours ahead. Readers with solar telescopes are encouraged to monitor developments.

http://www.spaceweather.com/

(http://modernsurvivalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/strange-filament-ring-on-the-sun-16-oct-2010.jpg)

(http://www.spaceweather.com/images2010/16oct10/euvfilament_strip.jpg)

Creepy. And scary.
Title: Re: Sun forms weird ring
Post by: ManaByte on October 17, 2010, 02:00:05 AM
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/08/Knowingposter08.jpg)
Title: Re: Sun forms weird ring
Post by: Himu on October 17, 2010, 02:02:51 AM
Oh hey, crappy "witty" post.
Title: Re: Sun forms weird ring
Post by: Beezy on October 17, 2010, 02:03:28 AM
Quote from: Stringer Bell on October 17, 2010, 01:53:59 AM
Creepy. And scary.
you forgot awesome
Title: Re: Sun forms weird ring
Post by: Himu on October 17, 2010, 02:04:33 AM
That too.
Title: Re: Sun forms weird ring
Post by: Himu on October 17, 2010, 02:10:53 AM
A sun within a star?

The sun has been a star my entire life. Does this mean I'm already dead?
Title: Re: Sun forms weird ring
Post by: Himu on October 17, 2010, 02:21:29 AM
Are you sure I'm not already dead, Jin?
Title: Re: Sun forms weird ring
Post by: demi on October 17, 2010, 02:25:42 AM
Quote from: Stringer Bell on October 17, 2010, 02:21:29 AM
Are you sure I'm not already dead, Jin?

Black people have no souls. Hope this helps
Title: Re: Sun forms weird ring
Post by: Himu on October 17, 2010, 02:26:19 AM
Does anyone truly remember such trivial details? Surely the LAWD will give me a pass?

Listening to Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavillion because I want to commit suicide before I explode in an orgy of awesome.
Title: Re: Sun forms weird ring
Post by: Fresh Prince on October 17, 2010, 02:27:28 AM
maybe you were never alive, himu?
Title: Re: Sun forms weird ring
Post by: Himu on October 17, 2010, 02:29:08 AM
WHAT AM I LIVING FORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR?!
Title: Re: Sun forms weird ring
Post by: demi on October 17, 2010, 02:30:51 AM
Yelling at Drive Thrus
Title: Re: Sun forms weird ring
Post by: Himu on October 17, 2010, 02:31:09 AM
:rofl
Title: Re: Sun forms weird ring
Post by: Himu on October 17, 2010, 02:37:21 AM
Why we got asians?
Title: Re: Sun forms weird ring
Post by: Himu on October 17, 2010, 02:38:22 AM
:lol
Title: Re: Sun forms weird ring
Post by: Fresh Prince on October 17, 2010, 02:38:48 AM
omg brown people  :'(
Title: Re: Sun forms weird ring
Post by: Brehvolution on October 17, 2010, 07:59:06 PM
Quote from: Jinfash on October 17, 2010, 02:38:04 AM
spoiler (click to show/hide)
whenever he peed
[close]
Didn't expect that :rofl
Title: Re: Sun forms weird ring
Post by: chronovore on October 18, 2010, 09:22:11 PM
Was going to suggest "the sun has ringworms" with some hopefully clever photo enhancement, then googled the term, and saw a bunch of advanced ringworm photos.
:puke
:gag
:turnsgreen

...I don't recommend anyone else try it.
Title: Re: Sun forms weird ring
Post by: BlueTsunami on October 18, 2010, 10:51:02 PM
I'm a find a local cliff in the woods, bring a six pack and take in the rainbow magnetic doom that rains down on earth as the fabled massive solar flare assaults our atmosphere

Though I'll probably regret it as I try to turn on my car to return home