{"id":5126,"date":"2003-10-29T10:20:42","date_gmt":"2003-10-29T17:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=5126"},"modified":"2003-10-29T10:20:42","modified_gmt":"2003-10-29T17:20:42","slug":"a_pic_on_the_da","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/10\/29\/a_pic_on_the_da.html","title":{"rendered":"A pic on the dark side"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/10\/28\/ooky.html\">take it back<\/a>.  <i>This <\/i>picture looks a lot more Apokaliptan:<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Solar flare\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/greenflare-thumb.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a shot (inverted) of the sun showing the big whonking solar flare thang that&#8217;s shooting out toward us.  Once upon a time, that would have made for a fine Irwin Allen disaster pic (<i>Flare!<\/i>); now folks just worry about their cell phone reception.<\/p>\n<p><small>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/stupidevilbastard.com\/archives\/2003\/10\/29\/stormy_weather_ahead.php\">Les<\/a>, who has a much bigger version linked)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, I take it back. 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