“A cool pic” answer
by V.E. on October 7th, 2005
filed under beauty, ladyamedeus
A sunspot appears as an unblinking eye in this close-up view of the surface of the Sun.
Spanning an area three times wider than the Earth – or about 25,190 miles (40,630 kilometers) – sunspot AR 10805 appears in this stunning detailed image taken by the Dunn Solar Telescope in Sunspot, New Mexico.
Sunspots are regions of surface gas that are cooler than the solar material surrounding them. Their temperatures range between 6,300 and 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit (3,500 and 5,500 degrees Celsius), and they appear dark when seen against the rest of the Sun.
Astronomers used an adaptive optics system to compile this sunspot view. Adaptive optics allows ground-based telescopes to adjust their mirrors repeatedly during an observation to cancel out the blurring effect of Earth’s atmosphere.
Details like AR 10805’s sunspot penumbra, which appear as fluted structures radiating out from the sunspot, as well as penumbral grains and fibrils can easily be seen in this image. Such features are key to understanding the magnetic structure of sunspots. The presence of small-scale magnetic flux tubes is indicated by bright G-band points near the sunspot and between several granules.
Astronomers used the Dunn telescope’s AO76 adaptive optics system and Dalsa 4M30 CCD camera to build this image from 80 observations, each 1/100th of a second long, taken over a period of three seconds.
– SPACE.com Staff
Link: http://www.space.com/imageoftheday/image_of_day_051006.html
Get ready to VOTE!
by V.E. on October 7th, 2005
filed under ladyamedeus, personal, politics
VOTE as if your life depended on it!
Your life DOES depend on it!!
League of Women Voters of PA
League of Women Voters of CA
Smart Voter for CA
OH MY LORD I DIDN’T EVEN KNOW THIS EXISTED ON CAMPUS.
Talk about terrible advertising.
Center for Politics & Public Affairs
Quizzes…
by V.E. on October 7th, 2005
filed under ladyamedeus, quizzes/surveys
| Your Hair Should Be Purple |
 Intense, thoughtful, and unconventional. You’re always philosophizing and inspiring others with your insights. |
What’s Your Funky Inner Hair Color?
| You Are Apple Cider |
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The next one is WRONG!!!!
| You Are Likely a Third Born |
 At your darkest moments, you feel vulnerable. At work and school, you do best when you’re comparing things. When you love someone, you tend to like to please them.In friendship, you are loyal to one person. Your ideal careers are: sales, police officer, newspaper reporter, inventor, poet, and animal trainer. You will leave your mark on the world with inventions, poetry, and inspiration. |
| Your Animal Personality |
 Your Power Animal: Deer Animal You Were in a Past Life: Panda You are a fun-seeker – an adventurous, risk-taker. While you are spontaneous, you are not very rational. |
| You Are Internal – Realist – Powerful |
You feel your life is controlled internally. If you want something, you make it happen. You don’t wait around for things to go your way. You value your independence and don’t like others to have control.You are a realist when it comes to luck. You don’t attribute everything to luck, but you do know some things are random. You don’t beat yourself up when bad things happen to you… But you do your best to try to make your own luck. When it comes to who’s in charge, it’s you. |
The Three Dimension Luck and Power Test
Ah! Now there’s an open shower! *sings loudly* I’m gonna get CLEEEEEEEAN!
A cool pic
by V.E. on October 7th, 2005
filed under favorite, ladyamedeus
Isn’t this a rockin’ image?! I’ll give you 100 points if you know what it is of.
