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Pipsqueak Star Unleashes Monster Flare (pic)

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Who dugg this? Made popular May 22, 2008

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  • Tochi, on 05/22/2008, -2/+45*Sets as desktop*
  • wynja, on 05/22/2008, -1/+30PHENOMENAL COSMIC POWER...itty bitty living space!
  • 471776, on 05/22/2008, -0/+20...because it is straight out of Photoshop?

    Mouse-over: "Artist rendering of..."
  • TehProphet, on 05/22/2008, -0/+11It's over nine THOUSAAAAAAAND!!!!!!
  • dummersack, on 05/22/2008, -3/+10The only real reason for the existence of NASA is to deliver new desktop backgrounds and they are good at doing that job.
  • rdubya44, on 05/22/2008, -1/+7Didn't I see this pic on the front page as a photoshop tutorial??
  • lamiaconfitor, on 05/22/2008, -2/+7Capitan Obvious saves the day!
  • evil-doer, on 05/22/2008, -4/+9in case you are wondering. no, this is not a photograph. theres no telescopes available that can take a picture of any stars as more than a dot of light other than our sun
  • euro22, on 12/17/2008, -3/+7helllooo new wallpaper.
  • Tunguska, on 05/22/2008, -2/+6I am devastated NASA updated their circa-1999 relic of a site. Some things were just not meant to be changed.
  • webman77, on 05/22/2008, -2/+6Flash Gordon approaching? No kidding! A great, great pic.
  • Regbooker, on 05/22/2008, -0/+4I see. Thank you.
  • euro22, on 12/17/2008, -0/+4What was his power level?
  • Regbooker, on 05/22/2008, -1/+5You shouldn't this is "Image of the Day Gallery", a different "one image per day" site at NASA. APOD is located here: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
  • Regbooker, on 05/22/2008, -0/+3So tell me the correct form to say it. English is not my language.
  • inactive, on 05/22/2008, -0/+3i lol'd
  • lamiaconfitor, on 05/22/2008, -0/+3...as an almost limitless source of energy!
  • lamiaconfitor, on 05/22/2008, -0/+3so you went to the site too?
  • MJDub, on 05/22/2008, -0/+3It was a caption more so than an article.
  • Zaggynl, on 05/22/2008, -1/+4Just add a comma after "shouldn't":

    You shouldn't[,] this is [the] "Image of the Day Gallery", a different "one image per day" site at NASA. APOD is located here: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

    Differences marked with [ ]

  • mstrebe, on 05/22/2008, -0/+2Fake! (seriously, it's an artist's rendering. Of course it's a great pic)
  • ayeroxor, on 05/24/2008, -0/+1Actually a comma would make it a comma splice. It's two separate sentences; Where he says to use a comma, put a period (or semicolon since the sentences are related).

    "You shouldn't. This is a different site."
  • pwdrskier, on 05/27/2008, -0/+1nasa's pic of the day (frequently on digg) makes sick backgrounds
  • ayeroxor, on 05/22/2008, -2/+3Buried for making my brain hurt with "you shouldn't this is"
  • MrSlumberjack, on 05/24/2008, -0/+1Holy ***** WOW.
  • chrgrose, on 05/22/2008, -2/+3Dugg for "pipsqueak"
  • Halokhan, on 05/23/2008, -0/+1No because you SUCK at Photoshop!
  • booshack, on 05/22/2008, -1/+2Exactly what i thought, so sad.
  • Rabbittt, on 05/22/2008, -0/+1Thanks for the new wallpaper, looks great!
  • arcooke, on 05/22/2008, -2/+3Jasmine's hot.

    /childhood crush
  • Jarulf, on 05/22/2008, -0/+1That's what Turbo Pascal did when i divided by zero.
  • iBeej, on 05/22/2008, -6/+7EPIC flare = win
  • pwdrskier, on 05/27/2008, -0/+1i will move my red dwarf to E7 and use my epic flare to beat the ***** out of your planet
  • xrEE, on 05/22/2008, -0/+1Looks like someone went to town with some Photoshop Brushes and the ellipse tool.
  • h3lx, on 05/22/2008, -0/+1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iE9dEAx5Sgw

    we're all toddlers.
  • frostbyt, on 05/22/2008, -0/+1Awesome. Simply awesome.
  • jjustice, on 05/22/2008, -0/+1The title of this post reminds me of some obscure end-game Final Fantasy monster.
  • DanBoodro, on 05/22/2008, -0/+1no no, that was me out there with my nikon.
  • Abomonog, on 05/22/2008, -1/+1Another rocking space pic. More desktop fodder!
  • mivaso, on 05/22/2008, -0/+0Very nice.

    Milla Valkeasuo
  • ysilver, on 05/22/2008, -0/+0Yah... desktopped.
  • Adapada, on 05/24/2008, -0/+0Hell yea!
  • prleet, on 05/22/2008, -0/+0So in NASA's estimate, if the sun is 5 billion years old then its Middle Aged and then the old man is at 10 billion years old and therefor a toddler is about 1 billion years old. ***** I wouldnt mind living for a billion years and still be called a toddler..
  • lamiaconfitor, on 05/22/2008, -1/+1Really, you find it childish?
    ...and you work for what aeronautics program?
  • iburydupes, on 05/22/2008, -1/+1@tochi +1, *also changes desktop* (illustrator or photo this kicks ass, and you know it)
  • SupaFlyTNT, on 05/22/2008, -0/+0I'm not that impressed with it being a rendering; it kinda loses it's wow factor for me. Cool pic, but pictures like the one of earth from the moon are still amazing to me because they are real pictures.
  • eviljolly, on 05/22/2008, -1/+1Comment dugg for epicly old Aladdin reference...
  • iainc, on 05/22/2008, -1/+1Star farts, anyone?
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