Incredible Images of the Sun

shelterit writes "A new swedish telescope facility in La Palma uses a new technology to remove the blurriness of the atmosphere to snap new and astonishingly sharp images of the sun. Want to have a closer look at the surface of it? Reminds me of paintings I did as a kid."

The sun?! Where?!

[Henriok]

I live in Sweden and I haven't seen the sun for ages. If my calendar is correct.. i might see the sun again in 3-4 months time. I really don't know if I can stand it that long.

re Paintings as a kid

[Sad Loser]

you obviously didn't live in the UK then. My paintings always had that 'grey sky' look.

I see

[djweis]

You can't fool us, that's really one of van Gogh's sunflower [vangoghgallery.com] paintings.

You're not alone

[Klerck on]

I live in Alaska, I saw the sun yesterday. I won't see it again for 364 days.

Appology

[InsaneCreator]

Sunset will be canceled tonight, due to the slashdotting of the sun.

Summer Fun

[nukey56]

If you look real close on that image, a little to the left of the giant black spot, you can just about see the Old Navy crew in their cargo shorts. Glad to know that advertisement worked.

Just what we need

[91degrees]

We've been to the moon, and Mars will be next, followed by Venus, but what will we do when we've run out of planets? Clearly the option is the Sun.

Photos like these will show us where the potential landing sites are. Very useful since the lander will have to find somewhere that's not only flat but free of excessive RF noise so that we can communicate with Earth.

So, obviously, someone will ask - How can we possible build something to get to the sun? Well, this is quite simple, Firstly we use regrigeration devices. These will require some considerable energy, as well as a decent fusion power source to keep them going. Secondly, we avoif reflective surfaces. The other thing to remember is that we only need to travel during the night. During the day is when the sun is hottest, so travel at night should help cool us considerably. This will require better propulsion mechanisms that can do the bulk of the travelling in the 12 hours of night.

Mirror

[Anonymous Coward]

The images are slashdotted, so I've provided a mirror. Go outside (that's through the door over there, pale face) and look up.

Re:Wow

[Jugalator]

Darn cool, or should I say hot, pictures!

The web server seem to be running "hot" as well. :-)

Finally

[Crasoum]

I don't need to burn my pupils to see a good view of the sun from the earth. But that spf 300 lotion burnt more then the sun ever did...

Do you have a screen wipe?

[91degrees]

The image looks a bit cloudy. I think there's something on the monitor.

Re:The sun?! Where?!

[Myco]

Not only do you live in Sweden, but you post on Slashdot. No wonder you never see the sun.

Of course, I also live in Sweden and post on Slashdot, so I know that of which I speak.

Site is slow -- here's the content

[Anonymous Coward]

Here are the images from the site -- a picture of the Sun:

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Hope that helps to beat the Slashdotting.

Wow...that went fast.

[Mac Degger]

site's burnt already...looks like that's what you get for staring into the sun.

Look at art!

[WhiteBandit]

Well now the fun with these super detailed pictures is to see if we can pick out images!

If you scroll down to the "bottom" of that image, line yourself up with the very top of that monstrous sunspot and then cut directly left, you can see a nearly perfect image of a face.

*sigh*
Now I guess we sit back and wait for the conspiracy theories to fly.

Funny Swedes!

[sdprenzl]

The first picture is of the whole sun. The line reads, shot through the "finder telescope." I know of some Norwegians who would remark that only the Swedes would need a finder telescope to find the sun. (LOL)

childhood pictures

[stinky wizzleteats]

Reminds me of paintings I did as a kid."

You painted pictures of 404 errors as a kid? Wow. We slashdotted the sun.

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Re:Mirror

[hexxx]

Your comment is too US-centric. It's already dark here.

Re:Site is slow -- here's the content

[Anonymous Coward]

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Re:Look at art!

[The Original Yama]

...cue for some fanatic to proclaim, "It's the face of {Jesus|Mary|Muhammad|Buddha|etc.}!!!", followed by some cheesy explanation like "God is light, and He creates life. Just like the Sun!!!"

It's a miracle!!!

Re:Look at art!

[JimPooley]

Of course there's a face in the sun. Have you never seen 'Teletubbies'?

Seriously though, this is just another example of how the human brain is hot-wired to see faces in everything - even a colon, a dash and a bracket.

Slashdotted

[Cinnibar CP]

Apparently, staring at the sun isn't healthy for your eyes OR webservers.

It's amazing how

[rdhill316]

the People at Sun get any work done with all that fire and the burning and fusion all going on around them. It's nice that scientists can take pictures of the inside of a leading computer industry company for study, so the rest of the world can see how hard it is to work in the information sector.

What?

Why are you all looking at me like that?

Mom always told you to not look into the Sun..

[sielwolf]

"Hmmm, neat let me open up these images here..." *Click* "Ahhh! My Eyes!!!!!!"

Re:Mirror

[rufo]

What, you don't have a moon? He did say a mirror, after all...

Re:GIFs???

[The Fun Guy]

OH MY GOD!!!!! LOOK AT IT, JUST LOOK AT IT!!!!!!!

You can see all the horns at the top! Just above the central blackness! It's Satan and his minions! Reverend Bobby was RIGHT! It's the SCIENTISTS and all of their TECNOLOGY have finally!!! opened the DOOR TO HELL!!!!! He said they put DAEMONS in our computers, and on the InterNet, but I didn't believe!

Oh, JESUS, I am heartily sorry for the sins I have committed, and I reject the **EVIL** TECNOLOGY of the SCIENTISTS and their DAEMONS! Have Mercy On ME, oh LORD, and on my brother, Willum Jeffry Scraggins, who now lives in New York under the name of Will Craig, and also on his wife Rachel (though she is an Unbeliever, if you know what I mean).

Re:Mirror

[WeeLad]

You may have to wait a bit for it to load

OH NO!!!!

[LoudMusic]

The Sun is on FIRE!!!! We're doooooooooooommmmeeddd!!!!!

If only we had known this before, maybe we could have done something about it!

11:15) Restate my assumptions

[ajlitt]

"Personal note: When I was little my mother told me not to stare into the sun, so when I was six I did." [imdb.com]

Sometimes the oldest jokes...

[Mulletproof]

Imagine a beowold cluster of-- No, wait... That'd be a black hole. Nevermind.