The Sun's Corona
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 9:03 am
... Taken during an Eclipse, these pictures show what normally cannot be seen due to the brightness of the Sun. Pretty!
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Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 12:53 pm
Oh, wow. Never seen pictures that detailed of it before.
Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 5:16 am
The sun is a mass of incandescent gas
A gigantic nuclear furnace
Where hydrogen is built into helium
At a temperature of millions of degrees
The sun is hot
The sun is not
A place where we can live
But here on Earth there'd be no life
Without the light it gives
We need its light
We need its heat
The sunlight that we see
The sunlight comes from our own sun's atomic energy
The sun is a mass of incandescent gas
A gigantic nuclear furnace
Where hydrogen is built into helium
At a temperature of millions of degrees
The sun is hot
(The sun is so hot that everything on it is a gas
Aluminum, copper, iron, and many others.)
The sun is big
(If the sun were hollow, a million Earths would fit inside.
And yet, it is only a middle-sized star.)
The sun is far away
(about 93 million miles away, and that's why it looks so small)
But even when it's out of sight
The sun shines night and day
We need its heat
We need its light
We need it's energy
Without the sun without a doubt there'd be no you and me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JdWlSF195Y
A gigantic nuclear furnace
Where hydrogen is built into helium
At a temperature of millions of degrees
The sun is hot
The sun is not
A place where we can live
But here on Earth there'd be no life
Without the light it gives
We need its light
We need its heat
The sunlight that we see
The sunlight comes from our own sun's atomic energy
The sun is a mass of incandescent gas
A gigantic nuclear furnace
Where hydrogen is built into helium
At a temperature of millions of degrees
The sun is hot
(The sun is so hot that everything on it is a gas
Aluminum, copper, iron, and many others.)
The sun is big
(If the sun were hollow, a million Earths would fit inside.
And yet, it is only a middle-sized star.)
The sun is far away
(about 93 million miles away, and that's why it looks so small)
But even when it's out of sight
The sun shines night and day
We need its heat
We need its light
We need it's energy
Without the sun without a doubt there'd be no you and me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JdWlSF195Y
Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 8:03 pm
Very nice, there's a show on BBC at the moment called 'Wonders of the Solar System' which I'm really enjoying, kind of like a modern version of Cosmos, the presenter even reminds me of Carl Sagan.
Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 7:08 am
Sounds good, will have to 'acquire' it so I can watch it too.
Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 6:41 pm
SPACE with Sam Neil TBPH.Flipside wrote:Very nice, there's a show on BBC at the moment called 'Wonders of the Solar System' which I'm really enjoying, kind of like a modern version of Cosmos, the presenter even reminds me of Carl Sagan.
Also those pictures made me shudder, remembering Freelancer.
"Entering Solar Corona" BOOM! Out of nowhere.
Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 3:17 am
Sam Neill's SPACE was terrifying. 
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 12:24 am
Hunter wrote:Sam Neill's SPACE was terrifying.
TAKE THAT, EVOLUTIONISTS!
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 8:41 am
Oh, yeah, I remember seeing that as a kid... Like, ten years ago, that is. That shot with the 3D projectors is all I remember though.
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 2:20 pm
Yup, Space was good, if terrifying, partly because a lot of the disasters he mentioned, whilst a genuine risk, are, quite literally, one in a million odds. Unfortunately, with something as big as Space, one in a millions aren't all that uncommon 
The Wonders of the Solar System is presented by Brian Cox who, an interesting bit of trivia, was the keyboard player for D-ream before going to University. Very enjoyable program, and, whilst still honest about the risks we face, it's not quite as 'doom and gloom' as Space was
The Wonders of the Solar System is presented by Brian Cox who, an interesting bit of trivia, was the keyboard player for D-ream before going to University. Very enjoyable program, and, whilst still honest about the risks we face, it's not quite as 'doom and gloom' as Space was
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 5:24 pm
When I grow up I want to be cool like Brian Cox is.
Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2010 1:29 am
Or Sam Neill 
Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 6:17 pm
This Brian Cox dude, why does everybody keep talking about him?
Do you all have a crush on Cox?
Do you all have a crush on Cox?
Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 6:19 pm
You can't beat the odd bit of Cox...
Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 6:24 pm
When do you guys watch the Cox? Morning or evening?