Clearest Pic of Our Sun to Date

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    flood123

    The eye of Sauron?

    nyoki

    Nice one.

    Camiam321

    Sauron’s anus

    englishelectriclightning

    This is the sort of thing the word “awesome” should be reserved for.

    suicydking

    I’ve got a whole set of these that should be up in a bit.

    joeyisapest

    my grandfather spent a lot of time trying to photograph the sun..
    up until he went blind

    nyoki

    I think I’ve started something good. If I’m being presumptuous, life sux n’all.

    Thrella

    It feels like they edited the black part out.

    And yes Nyokki you started something beautiful thx 😀

    dorix

    My God, it’s full of tentacles.

    the3g_ipwn

    It is as if I have drawn a brisk autumn mornings first breath, each time I open my eyes.

    the3g_ipwn

    why is my comment not on the drop down?

    the3g_ipwn

    Is this because of all the _irst posting? I make a legit comment and it disappears? What a gip.

    Tiki! Fix it.

    RoQ

    sun goatse

    natedog

    it looks like fire

    deleted_user

    natedog: No shit.

    tiki god

    the3g_ipwn: you missed the moderation msg apparently. whoops

    Brevity Truta

    Beautiful.

    What does it sound like?

    purple banana

    I had taken an astronomy class a few semesters ago, and my professor told us that it takes more than a couple million years for the light produced at the center of the sun to travel from the core to the radiation zone, but only 6 minutes to travel from the radiation zone to Earth… It’s insane to look at the sun right now, and realize that light was produced during the Cambrian period… Insane.

    Svartmetall

    That gets a 10 on the Awesome-O-Meter.

    TGGeko

    Oh shit, I divided by zero!

    Phyreblade

    nyokki: In case you had any doubts: Yes. Yes you did. Thank you.

    gor

    pBanana, I think your professor meant the “energy” produced in the center takes an extremely long time to reach the surface. The light we see comes from the photosphere, not from the center. Though I agree, the complex structure of the sun is pretty awesome.

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