Here's a topic to discuss the sun. Preferably something scientific or even mythical, or philosophical... not how great your tan is or the lyrics to the Beatle's "Here Comes The Sun"... pfft!
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Re: El Sol
Wed, March 17, 2004 - 10:18 AMThe ESA/NASA SOHO spacecraft took a beautiful picture of an enormous prominence, 700,000 kilometres across, ejected from the surface of the Sun. An "eruptive prominence" is a mass of relatively cool plasma - only 80,000 C, instead of 1-2 million C in the upper atmosphere of the Sun. These are usually associated with coronal mass ejections (CMEs), and can affect the Earth's magnetosphere when they come our way.
Photo and story:
www.universetoday.com/am/publ...nce.html
Yes, 80,000 C does sound cool and refreshing. -
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Re: El Sol
Wed, March 17, 2004 - 10:32 AMYep Space is a pretty hostile place. I like my cumfy warm blanket Mother Earth gives me. :)
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