Movies of Earth’s Nearest Star, the Sun
Today, solar physicists released a pair of articles dealing with studies of our nearest star, the Sun. These articles examine features of the Sun that occur in the Sun’s chromosphere and corona. In particular, there are the coronal mass ejections, which can lead, if pointed in Earth’s direction, to some dire consequences. Take a look at the articles online at http://xxx.lanl.gov/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/0901/0901.2814v1.pdf and http://xxx.lanl.gov/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/0901/0901.2817v1.pdf If you think the details may bore you, you will at least enjoy the animations generated from the science, available online at http://download.hao.ucar.edu/pub/mscott/Hinode2/SUMER/ and http://download.hao.ucar.edu/pub/mscott/Hinode2/DIMMING/