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...result of driving with the California sun constantly bombarding my face. (Seems my chic metal sunglasses had been channeling the sun onto one spot.) This time he uses a different, less powerful laser. Surprise--there's barely any pain! Within days there is also no sign of the stupid blotch that had been bothering me for years. I'm getting to like these lasers...
...BLOTCH ABOVE AUSTRALIA AND NEW GUINEA in this satellite image, released last week, represents the ocean's hottest water, at 30 degreesC (86 degrees F). That's unusually steamy, and it may be partly a result of the global warming that scientists think is on its way. The good news: NASA reports that the ozone hole feared over northern latitudes this spring never showed up, but only because the winter was warmer than usual. A cooler season next year, which is quite possible, and goodbye ozone...
...term bill office's supervisor of collection, Karen M. Rockwell, said yesterday that approximately 700 students will receive the dreaded blotch on their registration packets. The dot indicates that they must meet with a representative from the term bill office before continuing to register...
Like Jupiter and Saturn, but unlike its near-twin next-door neighbor, Uranus, Neptune appears to have distinct weather patterns. The probe's cameras have glimpsed a streak of white that may be an atmospheric jet stream, longitudinal bands that could mark prevailing winds, and a dark blotch, perhaps similar to Jupiter's ancient high-pressure system known as the Great Red Spot. Neptune, Jupiter and Saturn all generate more heat than they receive from the sun, while Uranus does not; the excess heat may be the source of the turbulence...
...fiery surface. Just as astronomers were turning their attention to the mottled region, a bright spot suddenly appeared in its midst. It spread like a prairie wildfire, glowing white hot on the sun's yellow face and quickly expanding to cover hundreds of thousands of square miles. The monster blotch was an unusually large solar flare, a stupendous explosion that belched radiation and billions of tons of matter far into space...