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Tsunami Spotted on the Surface of the Sun 164

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday April 02, 2008 @10:16PM from the mother-of-all-disaster-movies dept.

BigBadBus writes "The BBC is reporting that NASA's twin spacecraft designed to obtain stereo images of the Sun have recorded a Solar Tsunami. The feature includes a fascinating movie of the images captured."

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But... (Score:5, Funny)

by langelgjm ( 860756 ) writes: on Wednesday April 02, 2008 @10:18PM (#22947398) Journal

No sound? Lame...

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by account_deleted ( 4530225 ) writes: on Wednesday April 02, 2008 @10:20PM (#22947408)

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Gosh... (Score:3, Funny)

by kclittle ( 625128 ) writes: on Wednesday April 02, 2008 @10:21PM (#22947416)

I hope no one was hurt.

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What?!?! (Score:3, Funny)

by Idiot with a gun ( 1081749 ) writes: on Wednesday April 02, 2008 @10:25PM (#22947440)

I missed an opportunity to surf the greatest wave ever?

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Run for the hills! (Score:3, Funny)

by 4D6963 ( 933028 ) writes: on Wednesday April 02, 2008 @10:27PM (#22947458)

Oh shit, how long until the wave reaches us?!?

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Fun on the Sun (Score:5, Funny)

by Revenger75 ( 1246176 ) writes: on Wednesday April 02, 2008 @10:31PM (#22947490)

Let's go mega-surfin' Dude! It will be rad(iation)! I'll bring the 3.0x10^8 SPF sunblock, you bring the Unobtainium surfboards, and Cowboy Neil will bring the beer.

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Re:Special Effects (Score:5, Funny)

by yorugua ( 697900 ) writes: on Wednesday April 02, 2008 @10:34PM (#22947514)

That movie is pretty cool

I can't agree. I'd say it's very hot.

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Re:Global warming? (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday April 02, 2008 @10:39PM (#22947538)

If only we were that lucky. This was the clearly work of Galactus. He probably got tired of his herald making jokes about that big jug head of his and tossed his silver ass into the sun at about half the speed of light. Surf this, jerk.

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Re:Global warming? (Score:5, Funny)

by jimmux ( 1096839 ) writes: on Wednesday April 02, 2008 @10:39PM (#22947540)

This is nothing. Wait until the sun's ice caps melt, then we'll be in trouble.

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SNAP (Score:4, Funny)

by cpricejones ( 950353 ) writes: on Wednesday April 02, 2008 @10:41PM (#22947550)

Your momma is so fat when she steps into the ocean her ripples cause a tsunami ... ON THE SUN

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Re:But... (Score:5, Funny)

by evwah ( 954864 ) writes: on Wednesday April 02, 2008 @10:41PM (#22947552)

too bad you can't hear the woosh sound of that joke going over your head in space either

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Re:But... (Score:5, Funny)

by S.O.B. ( 136083 ) writes: on Wednesday April 02, 2008 @10:50PM (#22947596)

If you play it backwards you hear, "Paul is dead, Paul is dead".

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Re:Global warming? (Score:5, Funny)

by Krusso88 ( 1252390 ) writes: on Wednesday April 02, 2008 @10:59PM (#22947654)

Maybe Al Gore will have a Live Sun concert to raise enough funds to prevent future tSUNnami's

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Re:Fun on the Sun (Score:4, Funny)

by langelgjm ( 860756 ) writes: on Wednesday April 02, 2008 @11:07PM (#22947700) Journal

and Cowboy Neil will bring the beer.

You must be... no, scratch that, you ARE new here.

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No tourists this time of year (Score:5, Funny)

by EmbeddedJanitor ( 597831 ) writes: on Wednesday April 02, 2008 @11:14PM (#22947738)

The sun is very hot except at night.

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Obligatory... (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday April 02, 2008 @11:49PM (#22947888)

What would it sound like, anyway?
Hmm, what would a wave of gas sound like?

First, did it come out of Uranus?

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Re:Global warming? (Score:3, Funny)

by kylehase ( 982334 ) writes: on Wednesday April 02, 2008 @11:57PM (#22947920)

The source was a solar glacier breaking off.

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Re:Totally Gnarly, Dood! (Score:4, Funny)

by kylehase ( 982334 ) writes: on Thursday April 03, 2008 @12:00AM (#22947932)

Make sure to use all-temperature wax.

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Re:A Tsunami on the SUN! (Score:5, Funny)

by Spy der Mann ( 805235 ) writes: <spydermann...slashdot@@@gmail...com> on Thursday April 03, 2008 @12:05AM (#22947952) Homepage Journal

Heck, let's make a new word for that. Let's call it "Sunami" :D

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The Martian Asks: (Score:5, Funny)

by Somegeek ( 624100 ) writes: on Thursday April 03, 2008 @12:40AM (#22948164)

"Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom!"

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Re:But... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Thursday April 03, 2008 @02:07AM (#22948572)

Obviously, it would sound as if a hundred thousand people suddenly said "foop".

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Re:Run for the hills! (Score:3, Funny)

by OldManAndTheC++ ( 723450 ) writes: on Thursday April 03, 2008 @02:28AM (#22948666)

Just wait until Mercury and Venus jump up and throw their hands in the air, then we're next. Don't mis-time it and spoil things for everybody else!

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Re:But... (Score:3, Funny)

by Zode ( 102995 ) writes: on Thursday April 03, 2008 @02:39AM (#22948718) Homepage

actually you hear "Here comes the sun."

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Re:Global warming? (Score:1, Funny)

by ScreamingCactus ( 1230848 ) writes: on Thursday April 03, 2008 @02:42AM (#22948726)

No, it was Xenu, the Galactic Overlord, testing his new hydrogen bomb.
(Please don't sue me)

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Re:The Martian Asks: (Score:2, Funny)

by Krupuk ( 978265 ) writes: on Thursday April 03, 2008 @02:49AM (#22948772)

...followed by an Earth-shattering silence?

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Re:But... (Score:3, Funny)

by somersault ( 912633 ) writes: on Thursday April 03, 2008 @05:39AM (#22949330) Homepage Journal

Explosion? I'd expected to hear some surfing music, possibly "good vibrations"

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Re:Fun on the Sun (Score:3, Funny)

by Nibbler999 ( 1101055 ) writes: <tom_atkinsonNO@SPAMfsfe.org> on Thursday April 03, 2008 @06:02AM (#22949410) Homepage

Try a corona.

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Re:Network gear meltdown! (Score:3, Funny)

by thatskinnyguy ( 1129515 ) writes: on Thursday April 03, 2008 @06:50AM (#22949544)

You forgot to put this in your configs.

Router#config t Router(config)#no sunspot degradation

If you had put this in you wouldn't have these issues. Sunspot interference is turned on by default. But after you disable it, the case acts like a Faraday Cage so you won't have to worry about pesky radiation interfering with your lan/wan operations.

In reality though, I suppose Cisco equipment does have some stuff enabled yet not configured by default that I would rather it not.

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Gosh... (Score:3, Funny)

What?!?! (Score:3, Funny)

Run for the hills! (Score:3, Funny)

Fun on the Sun (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Special Effects (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Global warming? (Score:2, Funny)

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SNAP (Score:4, Funny)

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Re:But... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Global warming? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Fun on the Sun (Score:4, Funny)

No tourists this time of year (Score:5, Funny)

Obligatory... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Global warming? (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Totally Gnarly, Dood! (Score:4, Funny)

Re:A Tsunami on the SUN! (Score:5, Funny)

The Martian Asks: (Score:5, Funny)

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Re:Global warming? (Score:1, Funny)

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