Sun Blows a Smoke Ring
Kind of a cool phenomenon observed last week by the SOHO satellite. The video is here -- watch the right side of the sun and you will see the ring blown into space. The ring is nearly the same diameter as the sun. Rather than being a smoke ring per se, it is actually a coronal mass ejection from a recent storm, as described here.
Had Hansen incorporated this event in his temperature predictions? He MUST have known it was coming, right?
Had Hansen incorporated this event in his temperature predictions? He MUST have known it was coming, right?