Saturday, May 5, 2012

Here comes the sun

Quickly before my student shows up & then I begin tootling in preparation for the concert tonight, I wanted to forward this link to the Solar Dynamics Observatory that I heard about on a recent nova program. Great source for desktop pictures & fascinating work they're doing studying the sun - thousands of years for photons to make their wan from its center to the surface & then begin their journey out into space? Incredible. OK - gotta go!
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  1. queen_cupcakeMay 7, 2012 at 11:24 AM

    John, I saw that Nova program--it was so amazing that I looked for and found a repeat airing of it so that I could watch again. I loved the explanation of how the magnetic "lines" cause the plasma to jump out from the sun's surface. Wishing you pleasant photons today ;-) Elizabeth

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