Pottus Posted August 10, 2011 http://www.spaceweather.com/swpod2011/09aug11/x7.mov 0 Share this post Link to post
hervoheebo Posted August 10, 2011 Hey, cool. Some sort of solar flare? 0 Share this post Link to post
Pottus Posted August 10, 2011 Class X flare, it looks like a flattened BFG shot thought it would be interesting to share. 0 Share this post Link to post
Kirby Posted August 10, 2011 Hey, that's actually pretty neat. I've never actually watched a solar flare before but I'm assuming they were using some sort of filter or special view for filming this? (i.e. why the flare is green) 0 Share this post Link to post
Jimmy Posted August 10, 2011 Kirby said:Hey, that's actually pretty neat. I've never actually watched a solar flare before but I'm assuming they were using some sort of filter or special view for filming this? (i.e. why the flare is green) Actually, I believe it's the intensity of the flare being so great that even the expensive high-tech space camera can't pick up its true colors. You can see the edges of the flare are highly pixellated which indicates where the colors are at just the right intensity to "overwhelm" the camera. :D There's a similarly cool image on NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day which I will attempt to find. EDIT: Ah yes, here it is. :D And here's another (also BFG-esque) one. So yeah, this is really rad. :P I love stuff like this. The video in the OP would make for some great wallpaper if it was slightly higher quality. xP EDIT 2: Here's another example of what the Sun is capable of. :O 0 Share this post Link to post
Aliotroph? Posted August 10, 2011 It was taken with a UV camera. Those are almost always rendered was blue/green. 0 Share this post Link to post
Hellbent Posted August 11, 2011 Looks too much like the bfg blast to not have been doctored. I call foul on this one. edit: LOL at Technician... oh boy... the internet is so fun(ney) sometime. 0 Share this post Link to post
GreyGhost Posted August 11, 2011 Taken with a UV camera it was. Almost always rendered was blue/green those are. </Yoda mode> Now that we know the Sun's secretly trying to BFG frag us, how are we to protect ourselves? I can't spend the rest of my life sprinting from pillar to pillar. 0 Share this post Link to post
Snakes Posted August 11, 2011 This explains why the person at the swimming pool suddenly got gibbed. Best be on the look out for those goddamn tracer rays. 0 Share this post Link to post
Sharessa Posted August 11, 2011 Then suddenly everyone on one side of the world glowed green and died. 0 Share this post Link to post
Aliotroph? Posted August 11, 2011 Danarchy said:Then suddenly everyone on one side of the world glowed green and died. Sounds like one of those Bible movies. 0 Share this post Link to post
hervoheebo Posted August 11, 2011 GreyGhost said:Now that we know the Sun's secretly trying to BFG frag us, how are we to protect ourselves? I can't spend the rest of my life sprinting from pillar to pillar. Well, he's got a rotten aim for sure, the blast was on the sun's surface, not here. 0 Share this post Link to post
Gez Posted August 11, 2011 He's just trying to get you with the tracers, which is why he's detonating the shot as soon as possible. 0 Share this post Link to post
Jodwin Posted August 11, 2011 Gez said:He's just trying to get you with the tracers, which is why he's detonating the shot as soon as possible. Considering how far we're from the sun, how few tracers there are and how much they spread out...nah, not a good idea at all. :P 0 Share this post Link to post
Gez Posted August 11, 2011 Well, the Earth is circle-strafing around the Sun like mad. 0 Share this post Link to post
Jodwin Posted August 11, 2011 Gez said:Well, the Earth is circle-strafing around the Sun like mad. Helps little with hitscan attacks. 0 Share this post Link to post
Gez Posted August 11, 2011 It does when the aiming is done long before the firing. 0 Share this post Link to post