Wanna watch the sun without burning retinas?

[Sdashiki]

The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) is a spacecraft that was launched in December 1995 to study the sun...

Check this out for images

Shortcut to mpegs of daily activity!

 

[Doctor Q]

I'd say "that's cool", but the sun is rarely cool.

By the way, that image you attached looks to me like a Rorschach (inkblot) test! And what do I see in that solar image? The first thing that came to mind is a baby in utero.

 

[iBlue]

I'd say "that's cool", but the sun is rarely cool.

By the way, that image you attached looks to me like a Rorschach (inkblot) test! And what do I see in that solar image? The first thing that came to mind is a baby in utero.

heh, i saw a stomach. (or something resembling the gastrointestinal tract in part or in whole)

SOHO is amazing, pretty images come from it too. 😛

 

[thedude110]

Thanks for that link, Sdashiki.

So much beauty just hanging in the air ...