NASA Concerned by 75,000 mile wide hole appearing on the sun 13 comments
corvoattano
· 7 years ago
At this point the electric industry was only just budding, with only few power or transmission lines in major areas but the impact of the CME was enough to cause the (very weak) lines to spark violently, electrocute operators and some even reported "telegraph operators could continue to send and receive messages despite having disconnected their power supplies."
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NASA Concerned by 75,000 mile wide hole appearing on the sun 13 comments
corvoattano
· 7 years ago
So there's this thing called a coronal mass ejection (or CME) that the Sun sometimes does which is a rather intense version of a Solar flare. It has this fun little habit of overloading electronics.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronal_mass_ejection#Physical_properties
It also bathes the Earth in radiation and other fun things, especially if you are at a high altitude. Like a big mountain, or a plane. Or the ISS.
https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/the-difference-between-flares-and-cmes
Only one major one has been recorded to hit the planet directly, famously known as the Carrington event in 1859.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_storm_of_1859
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronal_mass_ejection#Physical_properties
It also bathes the Earth in radiation and other fun things, especially if you are at a high altitude. Like a big mountain, or a plane. Or the ISS.
https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/the-difference-between-flares-and-cmes
Only one major one has been recorded to hit the planet directly, famously known as the Carrington event in 1859.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_storm_of_1859
Tumblr user does a good 4 comments
corvoattano
· 7 years ago
Please look under the bed/behind the couch/bottom of the closet. I think you lost my doll.
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Bbq done properly 7 comments
corvoattano
· 7 years ago
Hate to burst the bubble, but this is not Australian. This photo was taken at an annual multicultural festival and was part of a traditional Swedish/Finnish/Norwedish/something-up-there culture.
Source: I was there and helped set it up one year.
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Source: I was there and helped set it up one year.
Kind of like double dragon 16 comments
corvoattano
· 7 years ago
Dark Souls. Beat all the bosses with a buddy, go into ng+, red sign summon each other, fight!
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Alternative universe naploen 8 comments
corvoattano
· 7 years ago
AoT wiki says 15 (850) & 19 (854).
Levi's age is not specifically known, it just says Early 30s (850) & 30s (854).
I haven't seen enough to know which time jump this refers to.
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Levi's age is not specifically known, it just says Early 30s (850) & 30s (854).
I haven't seen enough to know which time jump this refers to.
Alternative universe naploen 8 comments
How could you bring a monster here, Becky 11 comments
Someone tell me where this came from pls DX 8 comments
Which is which? 13 comments
corvoattano
· 7 years ago
Whoa dude, I'm just trying to make a House MD reference. No need to get too into it.
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Which is which? 13 comments
corvoattano
· 7 years ago
Dr. Gregory House: Thirty percent of all dads out there don't realize they're raising someone else's kid.
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Good luck with that, kiddo 5 comments
corvoattano
· 7 years ago
Make video games, can confirm.
Algebra is DEFINITELY Essential.
Graphs, less so.
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Algebra is DEFINITELY Essential.
Graphs, less so.
Why are we not funding this? 21 comments
corvoattano
· 7 years ago
Something tells me it won't look like the picture.
Something else tells me it will look a lot like Elite: Dangerous planets.
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Something else tells me it will look a lot like Elite: Dangerous planets.
Deep meaning in Batman Returns 2 comments
corvoattano
· 7 years ago
I always just thought they were dicks for going maskless to a "masquerade" party.
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Eggcellent 2 comments
corvoattano
· 7 years ago
I showed this to a friend and he spent 5 minutes trying to jab me in the eye.
Worth it.
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Worth it.
Life, uh... Finds a hay 4 comments
Grandma meme with DLC 3 comments
A10 Nose art 6 comments
corvoattano
· 7 years ago
This is the gun on its own:
http://14544-presscdn-0-64.pagely.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/kimcampbell4.jpg
And this is a single round:
https://kermitsbench.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/gau8bullet1.jpeg
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Edited 7 years ago
http://14544-presscdn-0-64.pagely.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/kimcampbell4.jpg
And this is a single round:
https://kermitsbench.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/gau8bullet1.jpeg
A10 Nose art 6 comments
corvoattano
· 7 years ago
This gun is so powerful, they can't fire it for extended periods of time (a few seconds) without stalling the plane from recoil. The rounds it shoots are roughly the size of beer bottles.
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https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2014/23jul_superstorm/
If one were to hit today it would fry many electronics, even some that are not connected to a grid in any way, and cause widespread damage worldwide.
Fun things like "destroy satellites" and "set power stations and lines on fire."
Estimated rebuild time is 10 years +.
On the bright side (heh, pun) it looks really cool under thermal and solar intensity models: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0a/Comparing_CMEs.ogv/Comparing_CMEs.ogv.480p.webm
I love these things, because they're one of the most likely ways to kill us and there's nothing we can do about it. It wouldn't end the world, but it would definitely feel like it.