"Today, when I looked at sunspot 1024 through my Coronado H-alpha filter, the active region reminded me of two enormous breaking egg yokes," reports Larry Alvarez of Flower Mound, Texas. "There were long snakelike arms reaching from one yoke to the next in an egg-citing tug of war." He calls this snapshot Sunspots for Breakfast:

Breakfast is almost over. Sunspot 1024 is approaching the sun's western limb where it will disappear in 24 to 48 hours. That will bring an end to the best display of sunspots in nearly two years. Fortunately for astrophotographers, sunspot 1024 is a member of new Solar Cycle 24 and it probably heralds more to come. Solar activity is not eggs-tinct, after all.

Posted: 11:26:19 AM  

The design echoes the giant jellyfish which appeared in an Oxfordshire field in early June, sparking conspiracy theories about the meaning of the huge number of patterns appearing in fields across the country.

Conspiracy theories?

Early July Cropcircles - cropcircleconnector.com

Comments on the HUMMINGBIRD-CIRCLE

In The Netherlands, at this time, is a TV-commercial with hummingbirds ... very cool!

Posted: 11:20:53 AM  

CIA analyst Michael Scheuer's recent call for bin Laden to kill more Americans would be shocking if we hadn't already heard it dozens of times before from other "War on Terror" advocates. "It's an absurd situation," Scheuer told FOX News personality Glenn Beck on his program last week. "Only Osama can execute an attack that will force Americans to demand that their government protect them effectively, consistently, and with as much violence as necessary."

ALL CiaDa ...

Posted: 11:19:21 AM