Astronomy pic

[JamesU]

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0608/sunprom_soho.jpg

Does anyone else find this scary yet cool at the same time?:uhh:

[scott1]

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060828.html
SAVE PLUTO!

[Evo]

Great picture yomamma!

Scott, that really makes Earth look insignificant.

[franznietzsche]

I love feeling small and insignificant in comparison to the vastness of the universe.

[Cyrus]

They should have wrote, "<------you are here!"

[franznietzsche]

They should have wrote, "<------you are here!"
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

I love it!

[Astronuc]

That close to the sun, the earth should be yellow like the sun.

[Cyrus]

That close to the sun, the earth should be yellow like the sun.

The Earth would be YELLOW!?

http://www.boyacts.com/babin/moviepics/11.jpg

[Astronuc]

Well the dark side would be redder.

Think Stefan-Boltzmann radiant heat transfer, and do the form factor for the earth that close to the sun. :biggrin:

[neutrino]

http://www.rense.com/1.imagesH/13db976.jpg

Now, that's insignificant!

Check this out - http://www.rense.com/general72/size.htm

[Galileo]

Now, that's insignificant!

Infathomable! :bugeye:

http://www.rense.com/1.imagesH/13db986.jpg

[J77]

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/3456/500000kmppdysonsphereif1.gif

Dyson sphere - 200 000 000 km diameter :biggrin:

(http://www.merzo.net/index.html)

[TuviaDaCat]

heh betelgeuse, now i know where did doglas adams took this name from...

[Astronuc]

“The Universe is Big. Really big. It may seem like a long way to the corner chemist, but compared to the Universe, that’s peanuts.” :biggrin:

Douglas Adams, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

[alias25]

OMG! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[Gokul43201]

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/3456/500000kmppdysonsphereif1.gif

Dyson sphere - 200 000 000 km diameter :biggrin:

Cheater! Theoretical constructs not allowed. Besides, hmmmm....it only looks about as big as Betelgeuse, wot?

[J77]

Well, Arcturus is apparently 22 000 000 000 m diameter... :biggrin:

[Astronuc]

This is really big!

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[Zantra]

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0608/sunprom_soho.jpg

Does anyone else find this scary yet cool at the same time?:uhh:

Not forgetting your spf 10000000 sunscreen..... priceless