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Plane

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« Last Edit: March 11, 2007, 08:22:03 PM by Plane »

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Re: The sun in profile
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2007, 08:58:43 PM »
Looks like my soon-to-be-bald head this upcoming summer...Or, is it yours?   ;D

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Re: The sun in profile
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2007, 09:06:05 PM »
Looks like my soon-to-be-bald head this upcoming summer...Or, is it yours?   ;D


Thats two reasons that a hat is a good idea.


Auroras are expected


http://www.spaceweather.com/
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Re: The sun in profile
« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2007, 02:38:44 AM »
STEREO ECLIPSE: No human has ever witnessed a solar eclipse quite like this. NASA's STEREO-B spacecraft was about a million miles from Earth last month when it photographed the Moon passing in front of the sun. The resulting movie looks like it came from an alien solar system: full story.

3D PROMINENCE: Grab your 3D glasses! Astrophotographer Greg Piepol of Rockville, Maryland, has created a stereo anaglyph of this past weekend's spectacular solar prominence: