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[Turtle]

Originally Posted by Buffy

And for those of you who would actually like to buy some:





Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye,
Buffy

Thanks Buffet. Besides my poor work, I'm a little slow, but I'll look into it as I never eat anything I can't lift. Speaking of slow, did you hear the one about CME's slowing waaaaayyyyy doooowwwwnnnn during our little solar minimum? Well, you simply must hear this juicy gossip.

Spaceweather.com Time Machine

Originally Posted by Spaceweather.com

April 16, 2009 ... In active times, CMEs can blast away from the sun faster than 1000 km/s. Even during the solar minimum of 1996, CMEs often revved up to 500 or 600 km/s. "Almost all the CMEs we've seen since the end of April 2008, however, are very slow, less than 300 km/s."

Is this just another way of saying "the sun is very quiet?" Or do slow-motion CMEs represent a new and interesting phenomena? The jury is still out. One thing is clear: solar minimum is more interesting than we thought. ...