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The Quietest Sun
Orbity sends in a Boston Globe report on the unusual calm on the surface of the sun. The photos, many taken in more active solar times, are excellent — see the sequence from last year of a coronal mass ejection carrying away the tail of a comet. "The Sun is now in the quietest phase of its 11-year activity cycle, the solar minimum — in fact, it has been unusually quiet this year — with over 200 days so far with no observed sunspots. The solar wind has also dropped to its lowest levels in 50 years. Scientists are unsure of the significance of this unusual calm..." As if to be contrary, New Scientist mentions that the number of sunspots seem to be increasing.
The sun is dying. Netcraft confirms it.
What?
We're doomed! We're dooooooooooooooomed!
Upward mobility is a slippery slope - the higher you climb the more you show your ass.
Who cares? We'll still have light bulbs. Plus we'll save on sunscreen!
If you can read this... 01110101 01110010 00100000 01100001 00100000 01100111 01100101 01100101 01101011
We're all screwed...
No. Now he got laid. Didn't u read he is unusual calm after mass ejection!!!
hilarious
This tropical paradise looks as calm as one trillion nuclear bombs. Honey, we're going on vacation.
Full Tilt
dooooooooooooooooooooooooooomed!
dooooooooooooooooooooooooooomed!
(it's a Futurama joke...)
... burns you to a crisp... now it's in a calm state... but it's waiting, taunting us with massive flares... during the so called calm period there was that really big flare on 20080929... yikes... crispy... Sol... stay cool...
The five trillion tons of Clearasil must be starting to kick in.
That's not Picasso, that's Kandinsky!
so THAT is what caused the economic crisis...
People, pray to your favorite deity for more sun spots!
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You did.
Apparently
Come on! We must be able to link this to some kind of human activity!
.. but the Sparc 1 in my basement is damn silent, I tell you.
cmd-q.co.uk - some sort of stupid fucking internet bullshit
Its perfectly safe, but only if you do it at night.
rewriting history since 2109
cycle 24 is late. What does it mean?
The sun's pregnant, that's what it means.
Tiller's Rule: Never use a word in written form that you've only heard and never read. You will end up looking foolish.
No they will try to blame it on the Bush administration, because as we all know everything that has gone wrong in the universe over the last eight years is W's fault.
I keep seeing all these comments on the blog about all that He has done for us, what He has bestowed upon us, that He has given us this sun for light and heat and beauty...
I really think H should get more of the credit though. He is merely a byproduct.
+5 informative for "RTFA", outstanding!