Don't be silly

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Don't be silly

R.L. — 4/29/2004 4:29:09 PM (archived)

SM:"The sun is a huge ball of hydrogen. But has anyone ever noticed how it seems to have a molten surface? Shouldn't it be mostly transparent right down to the core?"

Super hot dense hydrogen heated to the point it is glowing across the spectrum isnt transparent...

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Huge Magnetic Filaments Seen Rising From Sun's Eastern Limb - Success_Machine - 4/29/2004 2:16:45 PM
- Don't be silly - R.L. - 4/29/2004 4:29:09 PM
  - re: Compare with Jupiter - Success_Machine - 4/30/2004 8:04:05 AM
    - re: But the edges of the planet's disk are rather sharply defined - Success_Machine - 4/30/2004 8:07:15 AM
      - At the sun's surface and below, the H is a plasma - alcaray - 4/30/2004 3:21:36 PM
        
        Dense, hot plasmas are always opaque. Free electrons help ensure that.... (n/t) - et - 4/30/2004 6:52:09 PM
  - re: SM - Nick Hoffman - 4/29/2004 8:18:58 PM
    - re: SM - Tom Brosz - 4/30/2004 4:14:32 PM
      - Obers' Paradox... - Nick Hoffman - 4/30/2004 6:17:39 PM
        
        Sturgeon's Law - Tom Brosz - 4/30/2004 8:41:32 PM
    - savy idiot 2 - Phil Simon - 4/30/2004 2:36:54 AM
      - Solar Tomography - Nick Hoffman - 4/30/2004 9:32:02 AM
        
        Helioseismology...for Philip, yet ANOTHER HZ poster with two first names... - et - 4/30/2004 6:48:25 PM

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