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Prisoner_Number_Six

(15,676 posts) Sun Jun 1, 2014, 07:12 PM Jun 2014

They didn't have ANYTHING as cool as this when I was young.

This a 48 hour loop of the sun's current activity, updated with a new frame every 30 minutes.

http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/SDO_Self_Updating_1.htm

When I was young they still believed there were canals on mars. When I was young they still believed there were only 3 components to the atom. When I was young they still hadn't invented the home computer.

My god, I'm old...

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They didn't have ANYTHING as cool as this when I was young. (Original Post) Prisoner_Number_Six Jun 2014 OP

Ultimate cool Rhinodawg Jun 2014 #1

That's awesome... Wounded Bear Jun 2014 #2

When I was young, Venus was believed to be a jungle planet sarge43 Jun 2014 #3

Rhinodawg

(2,219 posts)

1. Ultimate cool

Reply to Prisoner_Number_Six (Original post)

Sun Jun 1, 2014, 07:15 PM

Jun 2014

Wounded Bear

(58,601 posts)

2. That's awesome...

Reply to Prisoner_Number_Six (Original post)

Sun Jun 1, 2014, 07:46 PM

Jun 2014

Thanks, old timer! (Yeah, me too. )

sarge43

(28,940 posts)

3. When I was young, Venus was believed to be a jungle planet

Reply to Prisoner_Number_Six (Original post)

Mon Jun 2, 2014, 09:20 AM

Jun 2014

Just getting a handle on the fact that nebula were actually galaxies

I still remember at summer camp going rounds with a proto-fundie about manned expeditions to the moon in our life time. If he's still around, I'm sure he's convinced it's all fake.

A little unsettling that the closest star is only 93 million miles away which in cosmic terms is absolutely nothing.

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