Amazing imagery. I see they used some fancy instrument to take a picture of the inside of the sun, sort of like a MRI slice. Dare I say, looks a bit like fruit inside the sun.
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If the moon is made of cheese I guess the sun could be an orange.Amazing imagery. I see they used some fancy instrument to take a picture of the inside of the sun, sort of like a MRI slice. Dare I say, looks a bit like fruit inside the sun.
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I think I may have found my new desktop background image.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smar...ce-180985518/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
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I don't think I understand the question. What do you have in mind?Serious question: what does the earth get from the sun?
Gee, I thought Sunshine and vitamin D.I don't think I understand the question. What do you have in mind?
Energy (i.e. heat), gravity?
If we receive energy, wouldn't our planet get hotter and hotter?Energy (i.e. heat), gravity?
Radiative heat dissipation by the atmosphere to space, is the quick answer.If we receive energy, wouldn't our planet get hotter and hotter?
Not sure what the question is. I'm trying to resolve a bunch of things in my head related to energy from the sun, entropy, and the essence of life on this planet. Maybe the wrong thread for it.Radiative heat dissipation by the atmosphere to space, is the quick answer.
What's really the question?
An average square meter of the Earth receives on average 341 watts of solar power. Of this, about 161 watts is absorbed at the surface.Oxygen via photosynthesis.
Most of the earths heating comes from radioactive decay in the core. Of course the sun warms up the little bit that we care about during the day.
"almost exactly". So, would you say there was work done? How was work done by energy not returned to space?An average square meter of the Earth receives on average 341 watts of solar power. Of this, about 161 watts is absorbed at the surface.
In comparison, the average geothermal heat flux is about .09 watts per square meter, 4000 times smaller and basically negligible for the purposes of evaluating Earth's surface climate.
However, the incoming solar energy is returned to space as infrared energy emitted from the ground. The balance between these two shifts over the seasons, but over the whole year they cancel out almost exactly.
The net result is that the seasonal cycle cause the ground to heat and cool in the upper few meters of the ground, but below that its impact is almost zero.
Elon posted this Friday but not much activity going on to suggest that. Lots to do yet but considering Starbase's work day it might be ready.Starship flight #7 details are posted, except for the date. Looks pretty ambitious...
https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-7