So small, yet so very large

pursuer · May 3, 2005

These are images of the sun taken using a plume of steam from a local refinery as a light filter. The small dark spot towards the bottom of the suns disk is actually a giant sunspot, a magnetic storm FIVE TIMES the diameter of the earth. Sunspot 756, as it is called by astronomers, will be visible for a few more days before the sun's rotation carries it out of view.

For anyone interested more info is available here: http://www.spaceweather.com/

Please be don't try to take an image like this unless you know what you are doing, THE SUN CAN BLIND YOU AS WELL AS DAMAGE YOUR EQUIPMENT!

karissa · May 3, 2005

Very cool! Thanks so much for sharing them with us. To bad the power lines have to be in the way.

BadRotation · May 3, 2005

Awesome, you can see the gigantic sunspot on the sun as well... You should send it here: http://www.spaceweather.com/

They will prolly post it on their site since that is an excellent picture of the sunspot.

pursuer · May 3, 2005

BadRotation said:
Awesome, you can see the gigantic sunspot on the sun as well... You should send it here: http://www.spaceweather.com/

They will prolly post it on their site since that is an excellent picture of the sunspot.

Way ahead of you :mrgreen:

thebeginning · May 3, 2005

that is soooo cool. the first shot is definitely way awesome. the second one is nice too...but that first one is killer. the power lines make it all the more mysterious.

LRJ · May 4, 2005

Wow! double Wow! Way cool shots!

John E. · May 4, 2005

I enjoy your astronomy posts. Good Idea using the steam as a filter. Is that a super huge sunspot or normal in size? Well done.

ferny · May 4, 2005

Those aren't power lines. They're magical cosmic pixies highways which are all over the skies. They take you from one edge of the universe to the other in the blink of an eye (about five pixie seconds). Due to the care pursuer has gone to when taking this picture he has stumbled across the only way to actually get an image of these interstellar roads.

Cool photo and thanks for sharing.

pursuer · May 4, 2005

ferny said:
Those aren't power lines. They're magical cosmic pixies highways which are all over the skies. They take you from one edge of the universe to the other in the blink of an eye (about five pixie seconds). Due to the care pursuer has gone to when taking this picture he has stumbled across the only way to actually get an image of these interstellar roads.

Cool photo and thanks for sharing.

:shock: How do YOU know about the pixies, it is suppossed to be a secret :???: :taped sh: :crazy:

Cruzin most sun spots are smaller but it's not unusual to see spots this large.

Canoncan · May 4, 2005

That is very cool and interesting. I have learned something new. Great shots.

dreamer420 · May 4, 2005

Very cool!

ferny · May 4, 2005

pursuer said:
:shock: How do YOU know about the pixies, it is suppossed to be a secret :???: :taped sh: :crazy:

Cruzin most sun spots are smaller but it's not unusual to see spots this large.

How do I know about them? Someone posted a picture....

JonMikal · May 4, 2005

great captures and mysterious look! your astronomy work blows me away!

Alison · May 4, 2005

Amazing photos! Thanks for sharing and for the info!

BadRotation · May 5, 2005

pursuer said:
Way ahead of you :mrgreen:

Guess I didnt read the text above your image :mrgreen:

I just saw it on spaceweather. Nice work..

Too bad the sunspot is starting to head around to the far side of the sun, and is deteriorating.