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May 12th, 2008, 04:31 PM
I just received an email with some interesting Space Weather News for today, Monday, May 12, 2008
ERUPTING PROMINENCE: Today, astronomers are monitoring an unusually active prominence on the sun's eastern limb. Even veteran observers are impressed, using words like "amazing" and "jaw-dropping" to describe the activity they have seen. One onlooker described the fountain-like eruptions as "volcanic in appearance." This beautiful activity may herald the approach of a new sunspot--or it may be just a temporary upheaval, here today and gone tomorrow. What happens next? Check http://spaceweather.com (http://spaceweather.com/) for images and updates.
ERUPTING PROMINENCE: Today, astronomers are monitoring an unusually active prominence on the sun's eastern limb. "The eruptions at times are almost volcanic in appearance (http://spaceweather.com/submissions/large_image_popup.php?image_name=Les-Cowley-prom2_12may08_1210593154.jpg)," says Les Cowley in England. "It's off again!" reports Pete Lawrence of Selsey, UK, who sends this photo of the latest eruption:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/nicthechic/Pete-Lawrence1_strip.jpg
Stephen Ames of Hodgenville, Kentucky, has been watching the action through his Coronado PST and he has witnessed eruptions twice (http://spaceweather.com/submissions/large_image_popup.php?image_name=Stephen-Ames-051208_1528z_1210607970.jpg) today (http://spaceweather.com/submissions/large_image_popup.php?image_name=Stephen-Ames-051208_1222z_1210603895.jpg) already. "I was totally amazed!"
This high level of activity may herald an approaching sunspot. Readers, if you have a solar telescope (http://spaceweather.com/ccount.php?linkURL=http://www.coronadofilters.com/), train it on the limb of the sun.
http://spaceweather.com/
ERUPTING PROMINENCE: Today, astronomers are monitoring an unusually active prominence on the sun's eastern limb. Even veteran observers are impressed, using words like "amazing" and "jaw-dropping" to describe the activity they have seen. One onlooker described the fountain-like eruptions as "volcanic in appearance." This beautiful activity may herald the approach of a new sunspot--or it may be just a temporary upheaval, here today and gone tomorrow. What happens next? Check http://spaceweather.com (http://spaceweather.com/) for images and updates.
ERUPTING PROMINENCE: Today, astronomers are monitoring an unusually active prominence on the sun's eastern limb. "The eruptions at times are almost volcanic in appearance (http://spaceweather.com/submissions/large_image_popup.php?image_name=Les-Cowley-prom2_12may08_1210593154.jpg)," says Les Cowley in England. "It's off again!" reports Pete Lawrence of Selsey, UK, who sends this photo of the latest eruption:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/nicthechic/Pete-Lawrence1_strip.jpg
Stephen Ames of Hodgenville, Kentucky, has been watching the action through his Coronado PST and he has witnessed eruptions twice (http://spaceweather.com/submissions/large_image_popup.php?image_name=Stephen-Ames-051208_1528z_1210607970.jpg) today (http://spaceweather.com/submissions/large_image_popup.php?image_name=Stephen-Ames-051208_1222z_1210603895.jpg) already. "I was totally amazed!"
This high level of activity may herald an approaching sunspot. Readers, if you have a solar telescope (http://spaceweather.com/ccount.php?linkURL=http://www.coronadofilters.com/), train it on the limb of the sun.
http://spaceweather.com/