7/28/2004: Solar filament

Undertoad · 07-28-2004, 01:28 PM

This was an Astro Pic of the Day a few days ago. I can't get enough of images the sun doing crazy things. This solar filament is, like the solar promience we had a while back, a kind of gaseous solar eruption.

The APOD says "The filament, although small compared to the overall size of the Sun, measures over 100,000 kilometers in height, so that the entire Earth could easily fit into its outstretched arms." I don't know whether that's true, just reporting what they say in the caption.

SteveDallas · 07-28-2004, 01:39 PM

Well then you oughta have one of these for your back yard!!

http://www.coronadofilters.com/cgi/d...log.cgi?item=4

Happy Monkey · 07-28-2004, 01:42 PM

Beware the body thetans!

I can't photoshop the Earth into the Sun picture, so I'll have to settle for Hubbard.

Cyber Wolf · 07-28-2004, 02:28 PM

That's a SPICY meatball!

ladysycamore · 07-28-2004, 02:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cyber Wolf

That's a SPICY meatball!

That pic is amazingly AWESOME!

dar512 · 07-28-2004, 04:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

[snip] a kind of gaseous ... eruption.[snip]

*Must control urge to make fart jokes......*

jaguar · 07-28-2004, 04:13 PM

I'm amazed noone has actually said it looks exactly like a demon rising and looking straight at you. Freaks me out.

I've heard recently that there is a massive sunspot forming at the moment and there is a growing fear of a massive solareruption soon. Good luck if you use sat net connections. Or your phone gets routed over them, or you use a news service that uses them or.....aw hell we're all screwed.

panenka · 07-28-2004, 04:33 PM

Well, if you want more impressive images from the TRACE satellite, just go to this link link, there are plenty and you can choose.

Other nice images are taken from SoHO, here. Check the Gallery section.

You can find movies in both.

What about this famous one? Link

What you see is the gas outlining the magnetic field lines. Like the iron filings and the magnet in an experiment at school.
School? Sorry, I stop here.

Leah · 07-28-2004, 04:44 PM

Great picture, there definitely are some strange things happening up there.

Archer · 07-28-2004, 06:10 PM

If NASA, ESA, et al want more funding, all they need to do is make more movies like <a href="http://soi.stanford.edu/results/SolPhys200/Schrijver/movies/rain.mov">this</a>. Link goes directly to the movie from panenka's link.

Just friggen amazing.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-28-2004, 07:16 PM

Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble.....

footfootfoot · 08-19-2004, 07:27 PM

Well, this is not a sun, nor is it my son, but it is somewhat cosmic...

xoxoxoBruce · 08-19-2004, 08:01 PM

It's LJ's son.
Welcome to the Cellar, 3foot.

footfootfoot · 08-20-2004, 05:31 PM

Thanks xo3 bruce.
I have to research "el Jay"

footfootfoot · 08-20-2004, 07:01 PM

LJ=lumber jim...
D'oh!

never mind.

07-28-2004, 01:28 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	7/28/2004: Solar filament This was an Astro Pic of the Day a few days ago. I can't get enough of images the sun doing crazy things. This solar filament is, like the solar promience we had a while back, a kind of gaseous solar eruption. The APOD says "The filament, although small compared to the overall size of the Sun, measures over 100,000 kilometers in height, so that the entire Earth could easily fit into its outstretched arms." I don't know whether that's true, just reporting what they say in the caption.

07-28-2004, 01:42 PM	#3
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Beware the body thetans! I can't photoshop the Earth into the Sun picture, so I'll have to settle for Hubbard. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

07-28-2004, 02:28 PM	#4
Cyber Wolf As stable as a ring of PU-239 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: On a huge rock covered in water, highly advanced moss and 7 billion parasites Posts: 1,264	That's a SPICY meatball! __________________ "I don't see what's so triffic about creating people as people and then getting' upset 'cos they act like people." ~Adam Young, Good Omens "I don't see why it matters what is written. Not when it's about people. It can always be crossed out." ~Adam Young, Good Omens

07-28-2004, 04:13 PM	#7
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	I'm amazed noone has actually said it looks exactly like a demon rising and looking straight at you. Freaks me out. I've heard recently that there is a massive sunspot forming at the moment and there is a growing fear of a massive solareruption soon. Good luck if you use sat net connections. Or your phone gets routed over them, or you use a news service that uses them or.....aw hell we're all screwed. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

07-28-2004, 07:16 PM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble..... __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-28-2004, 01:39 PM	#2
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Well then you oughta have one of these for your back yard!! http://www.coronadofilters.com/cgi/d...log.cgi?item=4

07-28-2004, 04:33 PM	#8
panenka Neophyte-in-training Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 3	Well, if you want more impressive images from the TRACE satellite, just go to this link link, there are plenty and you can choose. Other nice images are taken from SoHO, here. Check the Gallery section. You can find movies in both. What about this famous one? Link What you see is the gas outlining the magnetic field lines. Like the iron filings and the magnet in an experiment at school. School? Sorry, I stop here.

07-28-2004, 04:44 PM	#9
Leah Love my Heffalumps Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia (best place in the world) Posts: 346	Great picture, there definitely are some strange things happening up there.

07-28-2004, 06:10 PM	#10
Archer off target Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 93	If NASA, ESA, et al want more funding, all they need to do is make more movies like <a href="http://soi.stanford.edu/results/SolPhys200/Schrijver/movies/rain.mov">this</a>. Link goes directly to the movie from panenka's link. Just friggen amazing.

08-19-2004, 07:27 PM	#12
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	cosmic? Well, this is not a sun, nor is it my son, but it is somewhat cosmic... Attached Images

08-19-2004, 08:01 PM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	It's LJ's son. Welcome to the Cellar, 3foot. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-20-2004, 05:31 PM	#14
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Thanks xo3 bruce. I have to research "el Jay"

08-20-2004, 07:01 PM	#15
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	LJ=lumber jim... D'oh! never mind.

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