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A Large Tsunami Shock Wave on the Sun
The Sun can generate tsunamis, but they are waves of superheated gas, not water. This image captures a Moreton wave, a type of shock wave, spreading across the Sun's surface after a solar flare. It compresses and heats hydrogen gas in the photosphere as it travels.
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Released on your day
Space pictures released on your month and day in other years, or a few days either side. Each one is sharp enough to print as a poster.
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Released on 13 December 2005 Sirius (ground-based image) See it as a poster -
Released on 13 December 2021 Hubble Gazes Sidelong at NGC 3568 See it as a poster -
Released on 13 December 2006 Looking East to Tyrone See it as a poster -
Released on 13 December 2023 Star Cluster IC 348 (NIRCam image) See it as a poster -
Released on 13 December 2022 Emi Koussi, a volcano and the highest peak in the Tibesti Mountains of Chad, was photographed from the International See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 13 DEC 2006 falls under Sagittarius (♐). The sign's window runs from 11-22 through 12-21. Sagittarius points straight at the center of the Milky Way, our galaxy's brightest region. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 13 DEC 2006.