{"id":14885,"date":"2013-03-26T09:18:32","date_gmt":"2013-03-26T14:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/?p=14885"},"modified":"2017-01-24T17:20:30","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T22:20:30","slug":"the-big-ball-of-flame-up-in-the-sky-throws-a-beautiful-fit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/2013\/03\/the-big-ball-of-flame-up-in-the-sky-throws-a-beautiful-fit.html","title":{"rendered":"The Big Ball of Flame Up in the Sky Throws a Beautiful Fit"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/85\/2013\/03\/size-of-earth-580x314.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14886\" title=\"size-of-earth-580x314\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/85\/2013\/03\/size-of-earth-580x314.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"314\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s another post by your Sun crazy blogger. There was a little black spot on the Sun a few days ago, about the size of the Earth. Then it exploded. Take a look.<!--more--><\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Aurora Borealis 2013-03-17\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZmVK0ESAyG4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/earthsky.org\/space\/video-march-17-cme-strikes-earths-magnetic-field\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read all about it over at EarthSky<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There have been coronal mass ejections out the yin-yang over the past year. I wonder if this has anything to do with the weird weather we\u2019ve been having?<\/p>\n<p>When is Congress going to do something about this? Better yet, how about the United Nations? Or Star Fleet?<\/p>\n<p>Well, until then, let\u2019s just continue to watch in awe and wonder.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s another post by your Sun crazy blogger. There was a little black spot on the Sun a few days ago, about the size of the Earth. Then it exploded. 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