By sciencebase, Section Reviews Posted on Sun Dec 03, 2006 at 10:46:27 PM PST
Now, you know you're not supposed to look directly at the Sun, right? Well, that doesn't apply if you're an astronomer with billions of dollars of equipment orbiting the nearest star to earth. And, if you happen to have some high power shades and a decent solar camera onboard then you can get some incredible snapshots of old Sol.
If you thought flares were out of fashion, think again!
The Surface Of The Sun, The Photosphere And Electrically Driven Solar Flares - TRACE, SOHO, Yohkoh images.
As Ben Hocking has pointed out, the actual article I linked to here, makes the rather startling claim that the Sun is solid beneath the outer photosphere, having "a hard and rigid ferrite surface".
The author of the original page is getting a lot of publicity (not least via Sciscoop) for this rather bizarre suggestion, but it's unlikely that any solar astronomers will be taking the idea that the sun is not a fusion-powered ball of gas too seriously.
Now, you know you're not supposed to look directly at the Sun, right? Well, that doesn't apply if you're an astronomer with billions of dollars of equipment orbiting the nearest star to earth. And, if you happen to have some high power shades and a decent solar camera onboard then you can get some incredible 
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