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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"The highest resolution observations of the Sun's surface ever taken... isn't science cool?"
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Wonder Collaborative @wondercollab
What are you seeing? Oh, just "The highest resolution observations of the Suns surface ever taken!!!" Each of those cell-like structures is the size of Texas. Mind blown. Isn't science cool? (more info at link)
https://www.nso.edu/telescopes/dkist/first-light-cropped-field-movie/
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8:19 PM - Jan 29, 2020
Looks like a celestial lava lamp!
magicarpet
(14,175 posts).... anyone have any moisturizer handy.
Don't forget your sunscreen and sunglasses, if you decide to make the trip.
lastlib
(23,287 posts)magicarpet
(14,175 posts)Maybe you should take along a flash light or a candle.
Dem2theMax
(9,654 posts)eleny
(46,166 posts)..... .....
mcar
(42,375 posts)Karadeniz
(22,573 posts)PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,899 posts)Thank you so much for posting this. I love all things astronomical. My Son the Astronomer is doing exo-planet research, and he's my go-to guy for everything astronomical. I will forward this to him.
SCVDem
(5,103 posts)That is one hell of a filter to get that!
burrowowl
(17,648 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)MFGsunny
(2,356 posts)crickets
(25,983 posts)AZ8theist
(5,493 posts)said the idiot (Ding!) flat-Earther.....
For reference go to Youtube "Team Skeptic"
not fooled
(5,801 posts)Who could ever forget red don during a solar eclipse, looking up at the sun without protective eyewear:
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Hermit-The-Prog
(33,430 posts)SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)I'm sure "The Donald" could be persuaded to hold a fantastic, largest attended rally in the Universe, on the surface of the Sun! Perhaps his first "Space Farce" foray, since he was the greatest president EVER in creating it!
Thyla
(791 posts)My solar scopes can't get anywhere near that resolution.