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General Discussion => Science & Nature => Topic started by: sam on January 28, 2012, 12:23

Title: Space Pictures This Week: Sun Loops, Blue Marble, More
Post by: sam on January 28, 2012, 12:23

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Huge loops of plasma—superheated, charged gas—rise from an active region on the sun in a newly released picture from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory. Each loop is as tall as several Earths stacked on top of each other.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/01/pictures/120127-best-space-pictures-180-sun-plasma-blue-marble-mars/

Title: Re: Space Pictures This Week: Sun Loops, Blue Marble, More
Post by: Simon on January 29, 2012, 22:00

Love that Moon Corona.   8-)