NASA Records Solar Blast of Epic Proportions 123
Arvisp writes "As predicted, the a 'mega-filament' of solar magnetism erupted on Dec. 6th, producing a blast of epic proportions. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded the action as the 700,000-km long structure lifted off the stellar surface and--snap!!--hurled itself into space. The eruption produced a bright coronal mass ejection (CME) observed by the STEREO-A spacecraft: video. Earth was not in the line of fire; the cloud should sail wide of our planet. Earth-effects might be limited to pretty pictures."
Re:Interesting... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Sunfart (Score:5, Funny)
Sun says, "Oh, SNAP!"
Re:Had this been pointed at Earth? What then.. (Score:5, Funny)
I'm not up on these sorts of things, it does look quite spectacular though. Does anyone know what kind of effects we might have seen on Earth if this had been directly towards us?
Dr Ray Stantz: Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling!
Dr. Egon Spengler: Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes...
Winston Zeddemore: The dead rising from the grave!
Dr. Peter Venkman: Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!
Re:Scale (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Had this been pointed at Earth? What then.. (Score:3, Funny)
We're all dead from the last CME. This is a very elaborate dream-like state you're having just like in Brainstorm when they recorded that dead brain on the optical tape machine thing. Just go into the light... we can't keep this hallucination going for much longer.
Re:To Paraphrase Dr. Manhattan (Score:3, Funny)
You mean Blizzard didn't cause the flare as part of the Catalysm launch?
Re:Article is very light on information... (Score:4, Funny)
We don't need such experience. We have physics
One of the funniest things ever said on Slashdot. Congratulations!
Re:Had this been pointed at Earth? What then.. (Score:1, Funny)
Had this been pointed at Earth, cockroaches would now be the dominant species.
The fact that pictures of Paris Hilton's poontang are freely available on the interwebs means for sure these are the End Times.
I'm sure The Creator is just having a few practise shots before loading up The Rapture Cannon...