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SOLAR ECLIPSE: Today, the new Moon passed in front of the sun, off-center, producing a partial solar eclipse. The only place to see it was from space. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) sends this picture from geosynchronous orbit approximately 36,000 km above Earth's surface:

 

Using a bank of 16 megapixel cameras, SDO observed the event at multiple extreme ultraviolet wavelengths. Scan the edge of the Moon in this 171 Å image: The little bumps and irregularities you see are lunar mountains backlit by solar plasma.

 

Beyond the novelty of observing an eclipse from space, these images have practical value to the SDO science team. The sharp edge of the lunar limb helps researchers measure the in-orbit characteristics of the telescope--e.g., how light diffracts around the telescope's optics and filter support grids. Once these are calibrated, it is possible to correct SDO data for instrumental effects and sharpen the images even more than before.

Stay tuned for an eclipse movie!

 

 

HEY; What's Wythe The NYGHTE-MARE Existence?!

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HEY, What's Wythe The NYGHTE-MARE Existence?!

Lyke So Many Of You, My BELOVED Brothers and SySTARS, I Have Not HAd The EASYEST or Moste Pleasante Incarnated Experiences During My Tyme ~ Reade Thyse As MANY, MANY Physycal (physical) and NON~Physycal Incarnated Expereinces ~ In Physycal/ Incarnated Form. I Began Telleyng (telling) Of SOME Of My Personal Experiences In Other Blog Posts.

 

My Outlooke On Thyse Currente Incarnatyon Of Myne and It's Myriad Experiences ~ Many Of Them Slyghtely Un-Comfortable... Many Others EXTREMELY Paine-full and VERY CONFUSEYNG (confusing) To Me Had Me Asking Questyons BIG TYME!!!  I HAD (have) Beene Asking Questyons That SO MANY Aske "HEY! WHAT'S THE DEALE WITH THIS NYGHTE-MARISH AND NYGHTE-MARE FILLED EXISTENCE?!" "WHAT ON EARTH DID I EVERE DO TO "DESERVE" TO BE TREATED SO BADLY (reade thyse as AB-USED)?!" and 'GET ME OUT OF HERE/OFF THIS ROLLER COASTER/OUT OF THIS DAMNED NYTGHTE-MARE!!!!!!!"

 

Thyse Was The Pattern That I HAD CHOSEN For My Lyfe in THYSE INCARNATION For A VERY SPECIFIC REASON:

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