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07-05-2012, 05:49 PM
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I wonder . . .
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July 5, 2012 - Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?
Today's mystery image brought to you by one of my favorite image sites: National Geographic.  I only wish I had a suitable prize to award to the best guesser. 
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07-05-2012, 05:51 PM
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a beautiful fool
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goatsbee
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07-05-2012, 06:31 PM
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erika
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the sun?
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07-05-2012, 06:33 PM
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We have to go back, Kate!
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Sea urchin of some sort?
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07-05-2012, 06:34 PM
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We have to go back, Kate!
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Oh....maybe sunflower?
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07-06-2012, 05:37 AM
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Professor
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That's the IQ of all the California Politicians!!
or it's a Spicule. |
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07-06-2012, 06:49 AM
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Greener than the rest
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Sauron?
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07-06-2012, 07:03 AM
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We have to go back, Kate!
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*snort*
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07-06-2012, 08:50 AM
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Doctor Wtf
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I'm thinking small scale, maybe even very small.
Could be a pore in skin, or an ion channel in a cell membrane.
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07-06-2012, 09:07 AM
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Person who doesn't update the user title
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I'm thinking it's the center of a corn cob.
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07-06-2012, 09:40 AM
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Radical Centrist
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I'm with Ib, this is the sun and some new kind of way it operates that we weren't previously aware of.
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07-06-2012, 10:18 AM
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Complex Simpleton
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It's a sunspot!
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07-06-2012, 02:37 PM
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erika
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it IS a sunspot. For sure. I've seen lots of photos like this of sunspots.
if it isn't a sunspot, it looks exactly like a sunspot. edit: 
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07-06-2012, 03:18 PM
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polaroid of perfection
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It's a sunspot shining out of my arse.
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07-06-2012, 06:56 PM
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We have to go back, Kate!
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Well? We're on tenterhooks. What is it?
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