Temporarily incapacitated: Please go away
The temperature on the surface of old Sol, often referred to as “the sun,” is 5,510 degrees Celsius.
The temperature in Portland, Oregon, United States of America, western and northern hemispheres, planet Earth, is 105 degrees Fahrenheit.
Close enough.
Art Scatter gives up.
If something eventually gives, we will emerge from the basement.
Until then, we are OUT OF ORDER.
Our apologies.
July 29th, 2009 at 5:19 am
I assume this is a photo of the sun you grabbed somewhere and not a CURRENT photo — or did I miss the news that the puzzling lack of sunspots recently has been reversed?
July 29th, 2009 at 8:58 am
You’ve caught us, Charles. That is NOT a current photo. I nabbed it from a place called The Google, at a site called The Wikipedia, and it was taken by a group called The NASA. And it’s old.
I read a story recently in the New York Times explaining why the sunspots are gone, but darned if I can remember the explanation. Something about cyclical behavior, I think.
July 29th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
Yes, there is a sunspot cycle of 20-odd years but this went beyond that, which is what has stumped astronomers.