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NASA's Earth Observatory Shows Solar Flare

Posted by timothy on from the and-the-hair-on-your-chinny-chin-chin dept.

staaktdenarbeid writes "In the past few months I became very impressed with the timeliness and quality of NASA's Earth Observatory. When hurricane Isabel struck, their imagery showed me the biggest latte ever made. Now that Southern California is on fire, it takes only a look from outer space to see how bad the sitation really is. And, today, a massive solar flare showed up on their website as soon as it errupted (so to speak). Each of these pictures is accompanied by detailed technical background. And for the rest of us, they also make perfect screen backgrounds. Very cool."

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  1. HOLY SHIT!!! by Paladin144 · · Score: 3, Funny
    Watching the video of the solar flare just about made me brown my pants!!

    Uh, if tomorrow's the apocalypse, it's been a good run, y'all. It's been a lotta fun.

    "Since the dawn of time, man has yearned to destroy the sun!" - Mr. Burns.

    Now it looks like the sun will destroy us! I'll shield my computer with my ashen body so that it might survive.

    --
    Electric Monkey Pants