Sunday, December 31, 2006

Not-quite-apod-but-cool-nonetheless

The new telescope Hinode, launched by Japan, showed a new view of the sun that was captured on October 27. As the satellite orbits the sun it is in sunlight for 9 months out of the year. This photo was taken with the X-Ray telescope mounted on the sattelite. I think it is especially spiffy looking and I hope that I can find more video on these awesome recordings.

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