Whoa, crazy. The people in the ISS better watch out, cosmic rays can cook unwary astronauts. I'm serious. (Jake, back me up here.) I wonder what the ISS is shielded with, the dynamo theory being bunk and all.
Hey, when all the fires were happening in Cali, the sun was seriously dimmed to the point that it was easy to see sunspots with the naked eye, and a lot of activity has been happening on the sun lately. It was so weird with all the smoke. It looked like sunset all the time, the light was weird and orange, the sun had an orange hue. (I'm so glad the fires are finally contained! :) To see the flare: http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/solarsystem/11.04flare.html To see what I saw in the sky (not to scale ;) http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_94.html Along with that, there is a TOTAL lunar eclipse Nov. 8th from 5:30 to 9pm (for you MST people). w00t! http://www.griffithobs.org/SkyLAeclipses.html#anchor776935 http://www.physics.uci.edu/~astroclb/ (Looks like the next one's not for another year.) I think watching one of those when I was very young with my older siblings was one of my first experiences with astronomy. Not as cool as a total solar eclipse, but still awe-inspiring. The last one in May was AWEsome. My dad lent me his sweet hunting binocs to watch. That would be so cool if I proved the dynamo theory wrong and proposed a better one... I'd name it the Dy-no-MITE! theory... -Danelle (Man, what am I doing online when I have a Quantum midterm tomorrow?.... i guess i just answered my own question...) ---------------------------------- "Ineptitude: When you can't learn to do something well, learn to enjoy doing it poorly." --------- Original Message --------- DATE: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 14:08:01 Justin Findlay commented: > >Better put on your sunscreen today. :) > > >Justin > >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 12:26:10 -0800 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: BBSO Solar Activity Warning 04-NOV-2003 20:08:57 UT > >Super region, NOAA 0486, S17W87, Solar X = 924", Solar Y = -285", has produced >another very large flare (Goes x-ray saturated at about 19:40 UT today). >NOTE: Big Bear is still in the process of recovering from the local forest >fires. We getting systems slowly back on-line. > >WM > > >____________________ >BYU Unix Users Group >http://uug.byu.edu/ >___________________________________________________________________ >List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > ____________________________________________________________ FREE ADHD DVD or CD-Rom (your choice) - click here! http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;6413623;3807821;f?http://mocda2.com/1/c/563632/131726/311392/311392 AOL users go here: http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;6413623;3807821;f?http://mocda2.com/1/c/563632/131726/311392/311392 This offer applies to U.S. Residents Only ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
