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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
(14,189 posts).... anyone have any moisturizer handy.
Don't forget your sunscreen and sunglasses, if you decide to make the trip.
lastlib
(23,339 posts)magicarpet
(14,189 posts)Maybe you should take along a flash light or a candle.
Dem2theMax
(9,655 posts)eleny
(46,166 posts)..... .....
mcar
(42,420 posts)Karadeniz
(22,598 posts)PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,917 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
(17,653 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)MFGsunny
(2,356 posts)crickets
(25,987 posts)AZ8theist
(5,516 posts)said the idiot (Ding!) flat-Earther.....
For reference go to Youtube "Team Skeptic"
not fooled
(5,803 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
(33,494 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.