[Mark / Ohio]

The view of Auroras from the space station. :thThumbsU

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2012/02mar_aurorasunderfoot/


I would have a heck of a time getting any work done if I was on the space station. This would be one more reason of many for me to spend my waking hours staring out the window.

 

[marlboro180]

That would be just simply amazing being up there looking across into the light. Thanks for sharing.

 

[forkz]

fantastic

 

[ggsteve]

I have to figure out how to view that at school (Youtube is blocked).

 

[Mark / Ohio]

I have to figure out how to view that at school (Youtube is blocked).

At one time I'd setup a way to download videos for saving and email. But I lost that ability after replacing my hard drive and don't recall exactly how I did it.

I think it was a plugin for Firefox.

 

[LilysDad]

I wonder if flying through a GM Storm as deadly as being under a high tension line?

 

[marlboro180]

At one time I'd setup a way to download videos for saving and email. But I lost that ability after replacing my hard drive and don't recall exactly how I did it.

I think it was a plugin for Firefox.

Yeah, its a video dowloader, like a screenshot, to put in yer toolbar.

 

[Mark / Ohio]

I wonder if flying through a GM Storm as deadly as being under a high tension line?

The greater risk is to astronauts doing an EVA.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/EVARM.html

An interesting POV about solar radiation:

http://www.solarstorms.org/Sradiation.html

Snip from above link posted below:

"Cosmic Rays - As these particles stream into our solar system, the solar wind and magnetic field serves as a weak umbrella to deflect the less energetic cosmic rays. As the remaining higher-energy cosmic rays penetrate deeper into the solar system, individual planetary magnetic fields deflect still more of them. Eventually, the most energetic cosmic rays make it all the way into the Earth's atmosphere where they collide with nitrogen and oxygen atoms to produce secondary 'showers' of energetic particles. These particles travel all the way to the ground and immerse the biosphere in a steady rain of particles, day-in and day-out. What this means for you and me is that a person living in Denver, the 'Mile High City', or in Laramie, Wyoming basks in an annual cosmic ray dosage of 120-130 millirems per year, while someone living in a seacoast town would only receive about 35 millirems. Travelers to remote mountaintops don't have to worry about bringing lead underwear to protect themselves. But it is true that prolonged stays on mountain peaks higher than 14,000 feet brings with it more than just the exhilaration of the experience. The cosmic ray drizzle bathes you with an invisible and relentless shower of radiation with each passing day.
So, depending on where you live you can expect to receive 300 millirems of radiation per year. Taking this over your entire body for a full year is unavoidable, and by definition 'safe'. We have been doing this for thousands of years. The only ill-effects are the typical, annual cancer rates we have to endure as a species because of the unavoidable genetic damage that is done."