On Mon Jun-01-2015 08:25, Damon A. Getsman (1:340/200) wrote to Roger Nelson:   
      
    DAG>   Re:  Weather   
    DAG>   By: Roger Nelson to All on Sat May 30 2015 10:46:04   
      
    RN> MAGNETIC FILAMENTS ON THE SUN: With no sunspots actively flaring this   
    RN> weekend, solar activity is low. Or is it? There's more to solar activity   
    RN> than sunspots and flares. "I can't recall ever seeing as many magnetic   
    RN> filaments on the sun as I have this month," points out amateur   
    RN> astronomer   
    RN> John W. O'Neal of Amherst, Ohio. "This composite image is my tribute to   
    RN> the filament-ridden sun of May 2015."    
      
    DAG>   I've got to say, I haven't been watching the sun for that long;   
    DAG> basically just since the start of the maxima this time around, but   
    DAG> the amount of filaments on there is breathtaking lately.  I guess   
    DAG> I don't know from experience that it's a huge amount compared to   
    DAG> normal for this part of settling into the minima, but the very   
    DAG> fact that some of these filaments are large enough so that, if   
    DAG> they launched in the right vector, they could set us back to the   
    DAG> stone age really blows my mind a bit.   
      
   Yeah.  Before we had all of those satellites in orbit, there wasn't much news   
   to frighten us, with the possible exception of Halley's Comet and some   
   wandering meteors.   
      
      
   Regards,   
      
   Roger    
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
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