Re: solar flares
[email protected] Wed, 16 Feb 2011 23:19:49 -0500 (EST)
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Yup. I wasn't able to take any pictures while I was riding the 3 miles they had the telescopes. YOu couldn't use digital cameras as it messed up the computer screens and whatever the scientist were studying. Its amazing how a little camera a couple miles away could do that but they showed a sample of what it does. The nice thing was you could ride in the area and no cars. Nothing with spark plugs within the restricted area or electronics. A nice ride but short for some folks standards. It was pleasant for me. I tried to ride twice a day. I had my Lightfootcycles Greenway trike and my Bike Friday. I was in the area for about 2 months as it was 6 miles from the Greenbrier Rails to Trails Trail in Cass WV. Fran, Be who you are and say what you feel........ Because those that matter dont mind..... And those that mind don't matter. Anon -----Original Message----- From: Rod Holland <[email protected]> To: hpvluver3wheels <[email protected]> Cc: conifir <[email protected]>; whcoffin <whcoffin-/[email protected]>; touring <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, Feb 16, 2011 9:43 pm Subject: Re: solar flares Folks in the Boston area can ride to a similar destination: Haystack Observatory, in Groton, Mass. They have a number of large antennas for a variety of radiotelescopes and radars. Here's a picture of a couple, with my bike in the foreground, taken during a 60-mile ramble one Saturday this summer. http://surlylht.googlegroups.com/web/LHT_Haystack_1.jpg?gda=d-oniEQAAACSMjTl7mEqvEuMZddY5vY4WxRxAESXw3ZXsOubOG5NyhKGATdakRy6ZF5vjMoa1hxV6u9SiETdg0Q2ffAyHU-dzc4BZkLnSFWX59nr5BxGqA rod On Feb 16, 2011 6:35 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: When I was in Green Bank , WV this past summer I visited the National Radio Astronomy Observatory. An amazing place. They have what I would call satellites dishes but they call them telescopes. One follows the sun 24/7 because flare ups ruin their studies so they keep an eye on them. One of the telescopes is 2 acres in size and you can get with in 100 feet of it. If you are interested you can see them at www.nroa.com . Fran, Be who you are and say what you feel........ Because those that matter dont mind..... And those that mind don't matter. Anon -----Original Message----- From: j.a. tackett <[email protected]> To: Howard Coffin <whcoffin@yah... rint<http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2011/02/16/biggest-solar-flare-in-years-headed-for-earth/#> Shar... earest star, activity has picked up as of late, resulting in a solar flare hat marks the strongest since 2006. Bob Rutledge, lead forecaster with the National Space Weather Pr... enter, tells *KFWB’s Michael Shappee* these solar outbursts have the otential to wreak havoc with earthly communications. After the initial blast of radiation accompanyi... ctivity — a huge cloud of charged particles is headed toward Earth and is xpected likely to arrive on Feb. 17-18. Among the many potential disasters that can come from a mass... isturbances in the planet’s geomagnetic field that may lead to alfunctioning telecom and GPS satellite equipment. While forecasters predict no major impact on our ... nfrastructure, scientists have pointed out the sun is now ramping up ahead f an expected solar maximum around 2013. *(©2010 CBS Local Media, a division of CBS Radio Inc. All R... his material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ire services contributed to this report.)* ______________________________________________ ouring mailing list [email protected] rowse and search the archives: http://search.bikelist.org nsubscribe or list settings: ttp://www.phred.org/mailman/options/touring _______________________________________________ Touring...