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Tsunami Spotted on the Surface of the Sun

Posted by samzenpus on from the mother-of-all-disaster-movies dept.

BigBadBus writes "The BBC is reporting that NASA's twin spacecraft designed to obtain stereo images of the Sun have recorded a Solar Tsunami. The feature includes a fascinating movie of the images captured."

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  1. But... by langelgjm · · Score: 5, Funny

    No sound? Lame...

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    1. Re:But... by evwah · · Score: 5, Funny

      too bad you can't hear the woosh sound of that joke going over your head in space either

    2. Re:But... by S.O.B. · · Score: 5, Funny

      If you play it backwards you hear, "Paul is dead, Paul is dead".

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    3. Re:But... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Obviously, it would sound as if a hundred thousand people suddenly said "foop".

    4. Re:But... by Zode · · Score: 3, Funny

      actually you hear "Here comes the sun."

    5. Re:But... by somersault · · Score: 2, Funny

      Explosion? I'd expected to hear some surfing music, possibly "good vibrations"

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  2. Global warming? by reboot246 · · Score: 5, Funny
    Probably caused by global warming. Everything else seems to be.

    (tongue in cheek)

    1. Re:Global warming? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      If only we were that lucky. This was the clearly work of Galactus. He probably got tired of his herald making jokes about that big jug head of his and tossed his silver ass into the sun at about half the speed of light. Surf this, jerk.

    2. Re:Global warming? by jimmux · · Score: 5, Funny

      This is nothing. Wait until the sun's ice caps melt, then we'll be in trouble.

    3. Re:Global warming? by Krusso88 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Maybe Al Gore will have a Live Sun concert to raise enough funds to prevent future tSUNnami's

    4. Re:Global warming? by kylehase · · Score: 2, Funny

      The source was a solar glacier breaking off.

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    5. Re:Global warming? by ScreamingCactus · · Score: 1, Funny

      No, it was Xenu, the Galactic Overlord, testing his new hydrogen bomb.
      (Please don't sue me)

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  3. Gosh... by kclittle · · Score: 2, Funny

    I hope no one was hurt.

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  4. What?!?! by Idiot+with+a+gun · · Score: 2, Funny

    I missed an opportunity to surf the greatest wave ever?

  5. Run for the hills! by 4D6963 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh shit, how long until the wave reaches us?!?

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    1. Re:Run for the hills! by OldManAndTheC++ · · Score: 2, Funny

      Just wait until Mercury and Venus jump up and throw their hands in the air, then we're next. Don't mis-time it and spoil things for everybody else!

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  6. Fun on the Sun by Revenger75 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Let's go mega-surfin' Dude! It will be rad(iation)! I'll bring the 3.0x10^8 SPF sunblock, you bring the Unobtainium surfboards, and Cowboy Neil will bring the beer.

    1. Re:Fun on the Sun by langelgjm · · Score: 3, Funny

      and Cowboy Neil will bring the beer.

      You must be... no, scratch that, you ARE new here.

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    2. Re:Fun on the Sun by Nibbler999 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Try a corona.

  7. Re:Special Effects by yorugua · · Score: 4, Funny

    That movie is pretty cool
    I can't agree. I'd say it's very hot.
  8. SNAP by cpricejones · · Score: 4, Funny

    Your momma is so fat when she steps into the ocean her ripples cause a tsunami ... ON THE SUN

  9. No tourists this time of year by EmbeddedJanitor · · Score: 4, Funny

    The sun is very hot except at night.

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  10. Obligatory... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    What would it sound like, anyway? Hmm, what would a wave of gas sound like?

    First, did it come out of Uranus?
  11. Re:Totally Gnarly, Dood! by kylehase · · Score: 3, Funny

    Make sure to use all-temperature wax.

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  12. Re:A Tsunami on the SUN! by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 4, Funny

    Heck, let's make a new word for that. Let's call it "Sunami" :D

  13. The Martian Asks: by Somegeek · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom!"

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    1. Re:The Martian Asks: by Krupuk · · Score: 2, Funny

      ...followed by an Earth-shattering silence?

  14. Re:Network gear meltdown! by thatskinnyguy · · Score: 2, Funny

    You forgot to put this in your configs.

    Router#config t
    Router(config)#no sunspot degradation

    If you had put this in you wouldn't have these issues. Sunspot interference is turned on by default. But after you disable it, the case acts like a Faraday Cage so you won't have to worry about pesky radiation interfering with your lan/wan operations.

    In reality though, I suppose Cisco equipment does have some stuff enabled yet not configured by default that I would rather it not.

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