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Old 07-05-2012, 05:49 PM   #1
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Today's mystery image brought to you by one of my favorite image sites: National Geographic.



I only wish I had a suitable prize to award to the best guesser.

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Old 07-05-2012, 05:51 PM   #2
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Old 07-05-2012, 06:31 PM   #3
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the sun?
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just one of you, come on. Just one of any category that isn't cis het white male.
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Old 07-05-2012, 06:33 PM   #4
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Sea urchin of some sort?
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Old 07-05-2012, 06:34 PM   #5
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Oh....maybe sunflower?
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Old 07-06-2012, 05:37 AM   #6
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That's the IQ of all the California Politicians!!



or it's a Spicule.
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Old 07-06-2012, 06:49 AM   #7
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Old 07-06-2012, 07:03 AM   #8
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*snort*
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Old 07-06-2012, 08:50 AM   #9
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I'm thinking small scale, maybe even very small.

Could be a pore in skin, or an ion channel in a cell membrane.
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Old 07-06-2012, 09:07 AM   #10
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I'm thinking it's the center of a corn cob.
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Old 07-06-2012, 09:40 AM   #11
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I'm with Ib, this is the sun and some new kind of way it operates that we weren't previously aware of.
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Old 07-06-2012, 10:18 AM   #12
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It's a sunspot!
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Old 07-06-2012, 02:37 PM   #13
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it IS a sunspot. For sure. I've seen lots of photos like this of sunspots.
if it isn't a sunspot, it looks exactly like a sunspot.

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Old 07-06-2012, 03:18 PM   #14
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It's a sunspot shining out of my arse.
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Old 07-06-2012, 06:56 PM   #15
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Well? We're on tenterhooks. What is it?
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