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You know I hate to burst people's balloons, but that ain't the Sun's surface.
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what's it the surface of then? Your face?
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TheGreatAndPowerfulOz wrote: what's it the surface of then?
It's not the surface of anything.
This really ain't rocket surgery.
The photos are of the Sun's corona, not its surface.
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Mark_Wallace wrote: The photos are of the Sun's corona, not its surface.
Nope.
The corona[^] is the whispy streamers of gas flying away from the sun; it's only visible when (like during a total eclipse) you completely block out the rest of the sun.
The granulation[^] shown in those pictures is the top of the convective cells in the photosphere. The latter is the layer of the sun that transitions from opaque to transparent; and which is the functional black body surface equivalent that produces almost all of the light we can see.
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--Zachris Topelius
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Debatable.
If you're looking head-on at the Sun, the first light that reaches your eyes is from the corona, emitted from the "centres" of the C-cells, and the "black" surroundings are where the corona isn't.
You can't consider the corona as an independent entity; it's just the brightest parts of the photosphere, so with filters set that high, it's all you see.
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The corona is 2 layers above the photosphere (the chromasphere is between the two); but is a zillion times dimmer. You can't see it and the rest of the sun a the same time and cameras (even really high end ones have less dynamic range than the human eye) can't take a picture of it and the rest of the sun at the same time. The images in question are of the photosphere (all the detail is from this level); lightly tinted by the chromasphere above.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Dan Neely wrote: The corona is 2 layers above the photosphere (the chromasphere is between the two); but is a zillion times dimmer
And it's several zillion times dimmer, by the time it reaches the Earth (the inverse-square law is a real thing, unlike a lot of the guff spoken by astronomers).
Like I said, don't make the mistake of thinking that it's a separate thing from the photosphere; it is simply the particles of photosphere as they move further out, and the line of definition that people have pencilled in between the two is entirely arbitrary, based on how much the moon occludes during an eclipse (which itself is different, every time, sometimes by by thousands of miles -- that's a Hell of a thick pencil).
Hot stuff comes out from the Sun. There ain't no lines of definition, that far out.
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The Sun doesn't have a surface
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I think you are either an alien, or a politician.
Both your and mine are statements without argumentation and proof, and can be dismissed as such. It is not just a waste of space, but a waste of time. I hate to burst your balloon, but you're not what you are posing to be.
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If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: Both your and mine are statements without argumentation and proof, and can be dismissed as such.
Um, no.
The pictures are not of the surface of the Sun, just like photos of clouds are not pictures of the surface of the Earth.
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 That is gorgeous! (and much less like caramel popcorn)
TTFN - Kent
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I wonder how minute the aperture was.
Or, does this question make sense for the type of camera they used?
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A temporary malfunction aboard the interstellar spacecraft triggered an automatic fail-safe to conserve power. They just don't build them like they used to
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Kent Sharkey wrote: They just don't build them like they used to
Really.
How long did your last three cars last? I'll bet VGer's got their mileage beat all to Hell.
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modified 29-Jan-20 16:39pm.
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From the I'm bored today file:
Titan 3 E
stage 0. 2 solid boosters 10' diameter, eyeballed at about 75' tall. Volume = 6800 cubic feet = 50k gallons each.
stage 1: 240k pounds of hydrazine and nitrogen tetraoxide. Mix ratio 1:1 (by molecules) = 102: 32 by mass. = 180k pounds of nto, 60k pounds of hydrazine. = 82k kg and 27k kg = 59k liters and 27k liters = 86 k total liters = 23k gallons.
stage 2: 55k pounds of hydrazine and nto. = 5.3k gallons.
stage 3: ~10k kg of hydrogen and oxygen. 5:1 molecular ratio (hydrogen rockets run fuel rich) 10:16 mass ratio: 3.5 tons hydrogen, 6 tons oxygen. 13k gallons and 1200 gallons
= 162k gallons if I've done all my math right.
V2 is 11.5 billion miles away which gives 68,000 MPG and counting.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Dan Neely wrote: V2 is 11.5 billion miles away which gives 68,000 MPG and counting.
A lot of it must have been downhill with the wind behind it.
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Call the manufacturer and demand that it be fixed under warranty
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MadMyche wrote: Call the manufacturer and demand that it be fixed under warranty
We're sorry. Your warranty expired 11,499,950,000 miles ago.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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AI for Health empowers researchers and organizations with AI to improve the health of people and communities around the world. When short of funding, put "AI" in the title
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"AI" is Italian for "Ouch!" -- which was, of course, a Rutles song, album, and movie, so they're Living in Hope[^].
All things are connected, Glasshopper.
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Nvidia has. They have a whole set of stuff aimed at the health care industry. They call it "Clara."
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Starting today, companies across the world have a new free web service at their disposal that will automatically send out email notifications if one of their employees gets phished. Do you just have to get the service to try emailing everyone?
Oh, it's run by the Swiss, so it's *perfectly* innocent
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Does anyone have a bargepole I can borrow, to not touch this service with?
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