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NASA Solar Satellite's First Sun Images

Posted by samzenpus on from the picture-in-the-sun dept.

coondoggie writes "NASA today showed off the amazing first pictures of the Sun taken from its 6,800lb Solar Dynamics Observatory flying at an orbit 22,300 miles above Earth. The first images show a variety of activity NASA says provide never-before-seen detail of material streaming outward and away from sunspots. Others show extreme close-ups of activity on the sun's surface. The spacecraft also has made the first high-resolution measurements of solar flares in a broad range of extreme ultraviolet wavelengths."

3 of 103 comments (clear)

  1. That's a nice corona by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I like how the corona kind of circles around and seems to open up the sun as a giant dark hole.

    Oh, ew. Gah!

  2. Re:6800 lbs? by shadowbearer · · Score: 1, Flamebait

      I'm glad you posted this sarcastic response to what you regard as a insignificant piece of data in an article about an incredible new piece of hardware that's already giving us new insights about our star. Your comment truly makes reading this website worthwhile.

      Then some idiot moderator posted you insightful...

      You know, some of us actually might find that piece of data interesting. Just because you do not, is not sufficient reason to criticize the author(s) of the article. Your post is much more of a useless waste of bits than the information you are being so sarcastic about.

      Go back and play on 4chan.

    SB

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  3. Re:6800 lbs? by shadowbearer · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      *grin*

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