Thursday, April 22, 2010

First Light...

This is all over the news, but just in case you somehow missed it – NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) has released its “first light” photos and movies.  They are simply spectacular.  A whole lot of excellent science is going to flow from this latest (relatively cheap) robotic explorer.  Unlike, say, the completely useless International Space Station (with the picture window that cost more than SDO)...

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