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Huge Triangle-shaped Spot Over the Sun
jojo_it writes "NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory photographed a gigantic spot on the sun's corona, that takes the shape of a black triangle. The spot is visible on the AIA 193 channel [of NASA's solar dynamics observatory] since March 11th. 2012 doomsday-theorists should be delighted."
It's a Mayan pyramid!!!!
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It was a triangle and not a rectangle. And it was the star that was full of triangles, not the other way around. ;-)
maybe I'm blind, but I don't see ****.
The NASA video constantly reiterates that it's a 'common event' while trying to make it still sound cool even telling you about coronal cavities and filaments. The Register, with complete disregard for knowledge, skips this part and goes straight to alien's fueling up on the sun, Death Star references, etc. Slashdot blows all of that away, changes it from spherical to triangle (not sure where that came from) and clings to doomsday theories.
Everyone profits but NASA. Just like the History Channel, sacrifice your integrity for aliens and conspiracies to maximize profit.
My work here is dung.
Slashdot seems to think the following is news worthy: The sun does things scientists know about and understand; ignorant people don't and jump to conclusions. Your increasingly sensational headlines make me hate you more and more every day slashdot.
If it's a triangle, why does the video show and discuss a circular object with a 'tether' to the sun?
It's full of stars!
There's a much higher quality video here.
How many more years will slashdot have an off-by-one error on your Score in your profile?
But they didn't! Mining stars for fuel was outlawed a long time ago!
It's just the "play" button...
Doomsday-theorists should be delighted.
There is a meme for this: link
Except it's a WHITE triangle, just in front of the sun! Oh wait... it's the "play" button on youtube video. Nevermind.
Gently reply
...a little bit bigger than yesterday?
He's reminding us what female pubes are supposed to look like.
I want a list of atrocities done in your name - Recoil
a giant upside down '5' or a backwards '2' ...
Go look at AIA211 at http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/
It's hard to miss. That number is 2/3 the siz of the sun...
I think my observation is a little more realistic/interesting than some weird triangle/sphere thing. I couldn't find it.
LAME.
It must be Korgano.
I wonder how many will even get that reference.. slashdot was my best chance of having even 1.
That is the only possible answer. They have rooted our Sun and found a way to tether. Anyone know when the next OTA update is going out to fix this?
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A NASA dude posted a video on explaining what the sphere and vortex are. Apparently they are common. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82l46fpd-ic&feature=related
Using the links in the parent post, I didn't see it either. But I think the image they're talking about can be found here:
1. Go to http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/
2. You'll see an image of the sun in a box on the left.
3. There's a drop-down menu in the box. Select AIA-193.
4. View the apocalypse.
OR... just go here: http://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/images/latest_aia_211.gif
Using the links in the post, the only triangle I saw was the YouTube play button...
-Arthur
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You would think that a good summary would be posted here, of all places, that told what this was, and left the conspiracy theory nonsense to the comments section at youtube. So instead of news for nerds, we get news for conspiracy minded idiots.
(Red Dwarf, Season 2, "Kryten")
Build it, and they will come^Hplain.
Nothing agains you, bro, but apparently seeing faces where they aren't is a sign of a predisposition to schizofrenia.
Upward mobility is a slippery slope - the higher you climb the more you show your ass.
No, just a sign of Pareidolia