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Post your pics here.
'The pictures included in this thread are copyrighted by the photographer unless otherwise noted'
Also, check out the stills from the documentary "No Time for Cold Feet"
Happy Birthday MV!
It's my sis's B-day too. I've got to send her a card.
btw: I'll spank ya.
A s t r o A l e r t
                               Sun-Earth Alert
Solar Terrestrial Dispatch
                            http://www.spacew.com
Images and Movies of this event are available at:
                    http://www.spacew.com/astroalert.html
05 November 2003
A RECORD-BREAKING SOLAR FLARE & MID-LATITUDE AURORA WATCH
At approximately 19:47 UTC (2:47 pm EST) on 04 November, active sunspot
complex 10486 spawned what is probably the most intense x-ray flare in
history. X-ray sensors on-board the GOES spacecraft are only capable of
registering x-ray intensities up to a class X17.4 level. X-ray intensities
beyond this level saturate the detectors. This solar flare saturated the
x-ray detectors for 11 minutes, leaving space weather forecasters and
scientists with some work to try and extrapolate the true intensity of the
event. Based on a preliminary extrapolation, it appears that this x-ray
flare
peaked somewhere between the X30 and X40 levels, which was unheard of until
yesterday and is possibly as much as twice as energetic as the X17 solar
flare observed on 02 November.
To place this event into historic perspective, it very likely ranks as
the most powerful x-ray flare ever observed. During the last two weeks,
active Region 10486 has produced three x-ray flares that have ranked within
the top 10 of the most intense events in history. It has been quite a ride!
Region 10486 has now rotated behind the western limb and out of view.
It
will now spend the next two weeks traversing the far side of the Sun.
Whether
it survives its passage on the far-side and returns to the eastern limb in
two weeks in a form still capable of producing energetic events remains
unknown. It is possible it could return in a form still capable of producing
energetic events, but the odds are against it.
Although only time will tell, observers on Earth will be able to
monitor
its progress indirectly by watching for coronal mass ejections that occur on
the far side of the Sun, but are still visible from Earth via the SOHO LASCO
cameras.
Spectacular imagery of this solar flare and the associated high
velocity
coronal mass ejection are available from the SOHO web site:
http://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/hotshots
A movie of the event in the light of hydrogen is also available from:
http://www.spacew.com/x30ha.gif
It is known that yesterdays remarkable solar flare was associated with
a
coronal mass ejection. The vast majority of mass thrown out was directed
well
to the west of the Earth. However, a small portion was also directed
Earthward. That portion is expected to impact the Earth on 06 November.
After
the disturbance arrives, it may be capable of producing periods of minor to
major geomagnetic and auroral storm activity. A disturbance as large as was
observed on 29 and 30 October is not expected. Nevertheless, auroral
activity
could become visible from many middle latitude locations. A middle latitude
aurora watch is active for 06 November. For North Americans, that is
TONIGHT.
Late tonight, near or after local midnight. Interference from the near-full
moon will hamper attempts to view activity.
Interference from the near-full moon will hamper attempts to view activity
bummer
Ahh, but there's a lunar eclipse this weekend. We'll have a show anyways.
Saturday evening at 7:06 pm is when totality of the eclipse is reached. Weather.com and weatherundergound.com report only partly cloudy skies, so chances are good to see this.
Hummingbirds egg-to-birth
http://community-2.webtv.net/hotmail.com/verle33/HummingBirdNest/
Very cool me2! Wonder what happened to the twin. :(
did you click on the NEXT page to see them born?
Yeah, I saw them all. Wouldn't that be something to see? I never know what a hummingbird nest looked like. I'll have to check out thistles now. Isn't that like burrs? I'm surprised I haven't run into one while hunting!
Here's another pix of last nights lunar eclipse
That's cool CM! My camera quit working on me today :( I think something might be wrong with my memory card.
Thanks LL. I have the same problem with my memory card. Unfortunately for me it's my personal memory card in my head that's messed up.
HeeHee!
Wow-you can even see the stars! sweeeeet! (showing my age-hehehe)
I have trouble with my battery - I keep charging it and it doesnt hold the charge very long! :(
looks like I will be looking for a new camera come summer
It sounds like what you need is new binoculars me2.
http://websports.8m.com/We%20got%20a%20drug%20problem%20here.jpg
My boss is a Major in the Army Reserve. Last June he was put on active duty in Afghanistan. They're building a school, drilling wells
After I get the rest of the photos re-sized I'll post them, but this one had to get on right away.
Huh? Remember what? I don't member notin
Nice Ian
mmmmmmm
Nice. Where's that at Ian?
... heading to the STATE Championship on Dec. 7th @ Flaherty's
Anybody know where this is?
Who goes in the middle?
Anybody know where this guy is?
Did you look up that Norwegians skirt? hehehe
The 'concrete forest' looks like cigarettes
isnt he the guy whee there is a president mentioned with the memorial of the guy OR is it near Highway 8 (swedish country?)
Looks like you id alot of Minnesota traveling :)
I dont know who she is but either she's related to Wonder Woman or maybe Artemis knows :) a rival?
... heading to the STATE Championship on Dec. 7th @ Flaherty's
Where's Flaherty's? Is that the place in Arden Hills?
Who is this?
Electa Woman!
Where's Dyna Girl?
NO FRIGGEN WAY!!!!!!
I am reading here in this thread with you guys and you are talking about FLAHERTYS!!!! I open my next window to EBAY with ST PAUL stuff and the 2nd item to close next is a FLAHERTYS BOWLING TOKEN!
http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?MfcISAPICommand=GetResult&SortProperty=MetaEndSort&ht=1&query=st+paul
My Daughter is friends with the Flaherty kids.
Didja know that ElectaWoman was played by Dierde Hall from Days Of Our Lives?
Looks like you've done a lot of travelling Ian! I've bought beer near the Alexandria viking (there's a liquor store within a stone's throw). And I drive past that helicopter every time I visit my in-laws (and will do so again on Turkeyday).
WoW- I got chills
thanks