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nice and shiny http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/smile.gif
Yeah, it's beautifull.
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Sure the universe is a great place, but if it wasn't here, no-one would miss it.
Judging from its colour, it's gonna be a boy!
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that is beautiful... not the most beautifulest... but it's perrdy
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what is it that i do exactly?
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Man, earth looks a lot different up in space.
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I used to rock and roll all night and party every day. Then it was
every other day. Now I'm lucky if I can find half an hour a week in
which to get funky.
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I used to bowl quite frequently, went to state for it a couple of times, so you've got me wondering, where can I get one of those awesome balls!?
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As miserable as life may be I hold it pretty precious...
If I lose the light of the sun, I will write by candlelight, moonlight, no light. If I lose paper and ink, I wil write in blood on forgotten walls. I will write always, I will capture nights all over the world and bring them to you.
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It looks like an eclipse of sorts...perhaps the moon is made of swiss cheese afterall.
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Alex
I have to ask, what the hell is it?
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In loving memory of ek3. May he rest in peace.
from what i understand, its a piccie of the sun taken by nasa using some sort of ultraviolet-sensor-type-thingy.
the page i got it from has other piccies of the sun using various ultraviolet-sensor-type-thingys too.
i don't know what that means exactly.
come to think of it, the only thing i know
is, it comes in red, orange, green and blue.
they are all different.
i just thought i was the most beautiful thing i have seen in some time.
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The Acropolis
.....and just look at the differential rotation, WOW, could you beat that!!!!
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I was close, I said it looked like an eclipse.
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The Acropolis
The lighter colors are the areas of higher ratiation. Just like a lightbulb. The bulb itself is what is producing the most radiation, therefore gives off the most light. The UV photographs are the same, but the camera only sees the UV radiation, rather than the visible light. The blue color is then added to allow easier viewing.
It is rather spectacular though.
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Exquisitely beautiful. Thank you for sharing http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/smile.gif
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by GravyTrain:
I have to ask, what the hell is it?
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Differential rotation is not actually self-evident in that particular pic, sorta(?) as differential rotation relates to the fact that the body of the sun rotates at various speeds dependant upon how far towards the poles you actually are, differentiated from the equatorial speed.
If I remember it correctly the equatorial speed of rotation is slightly faster then the polar speeds, hence the sun literally twists upon itself.
These motions are seen as being involved as the progenitor of the magnetic fields that are visible in this pic, as it is currently theorized that it is that self-same differential rotation that is causing the major magnetic field of the sun to become twisted upon itself, and then produce the smaller magnetic fields that are clearly visible in that pic.
The magnetic fields are the items that produce the appearance of the Sun spots that had been observed by Galileo.
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My Teacher is in all people, but not all people are my Teacher
I thought Felicity's Clothes Press was shown in Felicity's Surprise on page 33. The Work Gown is also shown in Felicity's Surprise, but the colors are different. The candlestick from her Nighttime Necessities are also shown in Felicity's Surprise on pages 52 and 53.