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Saturday, September 11, 2010

Sunspots

Solar flares are belched out of the dark magnetic depressions known as sunspots, kinda like in Aliens when the mouth opens and the little head comes out and snaps atcha! 
♥ sun photos

http://gizmodo.com/5625423/this-is-what-a-sunspot-really-looks-like

 

 

 

2 comments:

  1. According to NASA, we are more or less doomed:

    http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/sci-tech/solar-storm-in-2012-reports-nasa_100413706.html

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  2. http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2006/10mar_stormwarning/

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