Monthly Archives: June 2012


The Solar Dynamics Observatory, is the most advanced spacecraft ever to study the sun’s atmosphere and magnetic field. It sends back a terabyte of data every day – including images eight times higher in resolution than HDTV.

NASAexplorer sez:

On June 5 2012, SDO collected images of the rarest predictable solar event–the transit of Venus across the face of the sun.  This event happens in pairs eight years apart that are separated from each other by 105 or 121 years.  The last transit was in 2004 and the next will not happen until 2117.

The videos and images displayed here are constructed from several wavelengths of extreme ultraviolet light and a portion of the visible spectrum.  The red colored sun is the 304 angstrom ultraviolet, the golden colored sun is 171 angstrom, the magenta sun is 1700 angstrom, and the orange sun is filtered visible light.  304 and 171 show the atmosphere of the sun, which does not appear in the visible part of the spectrum.

Full screen and 720p is the best way to watch this.

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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50mW00ERlyk

Stand up Eric Lalor on his passion for League of Ireland football ahead of tomorrow’s ‘Judgement Night’ clash between Shamrock Rovers and Bohemians.

Damn Bohs-chic hipster.

Meanwhile, Lee Daly writes:

Irish football has gone through the wringer the past fortnight, as Monaghan United withdrew from the Premier League and other clubs struggle even while the Euros have put a lot of attention on the sport. As a fan of the League of Ireland, I decided to see what fellow supporters could do to address the situation. There is an open meeting this Saturday to discuss the matter. It’s happening in the Teachers’ Club on Parnell Square, Dublin, at 2:30PM. People need to RSVP to loifanforum@gmail.com.

Full details are here

Previously: Dear Soccer Fans

League of ireland fixture list 2012 (BBC)

Thanks Peter O’Doherty

Paddy doesn’t like Paddy.

An Irish publican has said he is no longer willing to take Irish backpackers at his Queensland hostel due to a spate of drunken and disorderly behaviour in recent years.

Dublin-born Thomas Dunne claims several incidents have caused chaos for longstanding members of the Irish community in the locality.

He said he has had to continuously deal with property damage caused specifically by the Irish contingent of guests at his hostel, Main Street Backpackers.

Mr Dunne, his wife Audrey, and their three children, have been running their bar O’Duinns and adjoining backpackers hostel since 2006.

 

Queensland hostel closes doors on Irish backpackers (Irish Echo)

Thanks Marko Van Bosnich