I'm sure it goes without saying, but just in case: DO NOT POINT A TELESCOPE AT THE SUN. Seriously, you'll go blind. My telescope is specifically designed to purge the intense heat generated by focusing the sun's energy into a single point.
This is a look at the sun's Chromsopshere, an atmospheric layer that sits above the Photosphere, the sun's "surface". It's furry because it's covered with plasma jets called spicules, and there's huge masses of plasma caught in magnetic fields called filaments and prominences. There's even several sunspots in this image!
When I 100% this image, it just blows my mind. Like, what the fuck am I even looking at? And like.... I know, empirically, what I'm looking at. I'm familiar with flares and plasma jets being ferried around by the incredible magnetic fields. I've been known to watch a Kurzgezagt or two.
But seriously... what the ffffffuck amd I looking at? I know about it, I understand it, but can I really fathom it? Can my tiny monkey brain actually understand the incredible scale, the immeasurable and sheer violence of this.... fucking monster in the sky?
mr-photo on December 28th, 2022 at 18:54 UTC »
this is insanely good
ajamesmccarthy on December 28th, 2022 at 18:55 UTC »
I'm sure it goes without saying, but just in case: DO NOT POINT A TELESCOPE AT THE SUN. Seriously, you'll go blind. My telescope is specifically designed to purge the intense heat generated by focusing the sun's energy into a single point.
This is a look at the sun's Chromsopshere, an atmospheric layer that sits above the Photosphere, the sun's "surface". It's furry because it's covered with plasma jets called spicules, and there's huge masses of plasma caught in magnetic fields called filaments and prominences. There's even several sunspots in this image!
I wrote a short article about how to safely observe/photograph the sun here if you are curious how I do this
TheSaltyStrangler on December 28th, 2022 at 22:16 UTC »
Man.
When I 100% this image, it just blows my mind. Like, what the fuck am I even looking at? And like.... I know, empirically, what I'm looking at. I'm familiar with flares and plasma jets being ferried around by the incredible magnetic fields. I've been known to watch a Kurzgezagt or two.
But seriously... what the ffffffuck amd I looking at? I know about it, I understand it, but can I really fathom it? Can my tiny monkey brain actually understand the incredible scale, the immeasurable and sheer violence of this.... fucking monster in the sky?