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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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Vitamin D? And tan lines?
Light, heat, just the right amount of gravitational pull to keep us from being fried or frozen?
The list is long and distinguished ;)
 
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.
 
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.
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.
 
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.
"almost exactly". So, would you say there was work done? How was work done by energy not returned to space?
 
Yikes! I feel for them. We electronics-focused types despise any ingress of water.

Wednesday, November 27, 2024​


Outage at the Stanford, JSOC is Offline​


A cooling water line burst in the Stanford building housing the SDO HMI JSOC yesterday. Several inches of water were in the JSOC room. As of this morning it appears the flooding has been drained but things are still wet and at least one leak onto electronic equipment continued. An initial assessment is that the water affected many systems but did not provide a time for return to service.
The JSOC is currently offline while the damage is assessed and repaired. The SDO data will be stored at the DDS in New Mexico until the repairs are complete and then will be automatically delivered to the JSOC.
This means that all HMI and AIA data from the JSOC will be unavailable until repairs are completed, the JSOC restarted, and the data delivery from the DDS re-established. Science data will be produced several days after that. Near-realtime data from before 26 Nov 2024 will continue to be available on the SDO wenbsite.
We appreciate your understanding, and are grateful for the dedication and responsiveness of the Stanford team.
Updates from the Stanford team will be posted at https://solarweb1.stanford.edu/JSOC_Emergency_Resources.html
 
Starship flight #7 details are posted, except for the date. Looks pretty ambitious...
https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-7
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.

Today I rearranged my launch patches, I should have room for four more. I'm going to have to extend my bar if it goes beyond ten test flights. I already know the answer.
 

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