I would not like to be Mercury tonight.

[BurtWorm]

[rene moon]

1. You would get a nice tan though!

[BurtWorm]

3. Just one side of me though.

Mercury doesn't rotate. ;)

[Don_G]

2. Why Not?

Messenger from the Gods...like Eros?

No telling what you might walk into.

[BurtWorm]

4. I may feel differently

when these solar flares calm down.

[patrice]

5. Thanks for the awesome picture - eom

[BurtWorm]

6. You're welcome.

That really is awesome, isn't it? I can just sit there and stare at it for hours--and I won't go blind!

[patrice]

7. It gives one "perspective"

something all of us need.

I put it in the file that my screen saver uses. I will enjoy seeing it float across this 21" monitor, interspersed with pictures of family, anti-war protests, my cats, some of the greatest camping spots in America, and a tiny little dead Iraqi (or Palestinian?) girl.

"God" what a mystery!

[Barad Simith]

8. because you wouldn't be able to ice skate ... right?

[DrWeird]

9. I wouldn't think mercury would be getting hit.

I mean unless it's aligned with the earth why would the flare hit mercury. Is the flare parallel with eccleptic? I guess if it really flared out and.......

DAMN MY NERDISH INABILITIES TO RECOGNIZE HUMOR!

[Guaranteed]

10. Psssh that's not the sun.

I see that thing all the time when I drink.