This looks bad ass

[sadistik necrofiend]

http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/01/stereosun.html?npu=1&mbid=yhp

 

[zabu of nΩd]

I had no idea there's a quarter of the Sun's surface that we've never seen. That seems really weird considering all the fucking space probes we've launched by now.

 

[waif]

Um...sun...hot.
Burn.
Burn space probe.
Yeah?

 

[sadistik necrofiend]

Um...sun...hot.
Burn.
Burn space probe.
Yeah?

Well its not like our tax dollars are being spent any better by these stupid idiot fucks who probably didn't even take that into consideration. If it gets too close, um yeah most likely gonna be the case.

Hell they spend millions of dollars making space shuttles unsafe to their occupants because they are such dipshits when they finally realize after building the thing and just about putting it into lift off that oh.....thats gonna be a safety hazard.

 

[Valerie]

BREAKING NEWS JUST IN

UNSEEN PART OF THE SUN FINALLY OBSERVED: SAME SHIT AS ALL THE OTHER SIDES

MORE AT 11

 

[waif]

Well its not like our tax dollars are being spent any better by these stupid idiot fucks who probably didn't even take that into consideration. If it gets too close, um yeah most likely gonna be the case.

Hell they spend millions of dollars making space shuttles unsafe to their occupants because they are such dipshits when they finally realize after building the thing and just about putting it into lift off that oh.....thats gonna be a safety hazard.

Actually, I was joking, I'm sure it'll be fine but we do have bigger priorities than protecting cell networks.

BREAKING NEWS JUST IN

UNSEEN PART OF THE SUN FINALLY OBSERVED: SAME SHIT AS ALL THE OTHER SIDES

MORE AT 11

Actually the best part is that we've seen that part, just...not ALL AT THE SAME TIME O MAN THIS IS GREAT!

 

[zabu of nΩd]

Well its not like our tax dollars are being spent any better by these stupid idiot fucks who probably didn't even take that into consideration. If it gets too close, um yeah most likely gonna be the case.

Hell they spend millions of dollars making space shuttles unsafe to their occupants because they are such dipshits when they finally realize after building the thing and just about putting it into lift off that oh.....thats gonna be a safety hazard.

You did read the part of the article about how solar flares cost airlines and telecommunications companies millions, right? It's not exactly like this is some completely arbitrary adventure.

 

[waif]

Tbh that's their money, not taxpayer dollars.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Actually the best part is that we've seen that part, just...not ALL AT THE SAME TIME O MAN THIS IS GREAT!

Hahaha. Yeah...but still, any advance in this technology can probably be randomly re=configured to be useful in practical things. Nothing wrong with getting ahead.

 

[Zephyrus]

Little known fact: the Sun gives off more blue light than any other color. That's partly why the sky is blue.

 

[entanglement]

bwahah.

I'm subscribed to NASA space news newsletter and compared to what the other stuff you get in there, this is far from a biggie.

 

[Valerie]

Little known fact: the Sun gives off more blue light than any other color.

So that's why it's orange.

 

[Zephyrus]

So that's why it's orange.

The Sun has a spectral class of G2V. G2 means that it has a surface temperature of approximately 5,780 K (5,500 °C) giving it a white color that often, because of atmospheric scattering, appears yellow when seen from the surface of the Earth. This is a subtractive effect, as the preferential scattering of shorter wavelength light removes enough violet and blue light, leaving a range of frequencies that is perceived by the human eye as yellow. It is this scattering of light at the blue end of the spectrum that gives the surrounding sky its color.

The Sun gives off all colors, but predominantly blue.

 

[waif]

Little known fact: the Sun gives off more blue light than any other color. That's partly why the sky is blue.

I'm pretty sure I used to know what the sky is blue and that's not it, but I can't remember exactly. I think it has to do with the wavelengths.

 

[mutantllama]

There are a lot of factors iirc.

 

[Valerie]

I'm pretty sure I used to know what the sky is blue and that's not it, but I can't remember exactly. I think it has to do with the wavelengths.

The sky is blue because the gasses in the air scatter the sun's light and only let certain wavelengths through, depending on the sun's angle to where you are, which is why it's red/orange in the morning and blue during most of the day.

 

[Eligos]

It's called Raleigh Scattering.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raleigh_scattering

 

[sarkain]

bwahah.

I'm subscribed to NASA space news newsletter and compared to what the other stuff you get in there, this is far from a biggie.

Tell us some crazy shit you got in there.

 

[entanglement]

Tell us some crazy shit you got in there.

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/16dec_giantbreach.htm?list199397
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/19nov_cosmicrays.htm?list199397
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/17oct_gammaraypulsar.htm?list199397
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/25aug_nlc.htm?list199397

those are since august I believe.

 

[tr00nty]

I'd be more impressed if people weren't still starving to death.