Scientific Atrocity

This is just so scientifically wrong that I have to write about it. So, some of you know that I am a big Woot! fan. Love the Woot website, love their daily deal, but most of all, I love their t-shirts at shirt.woot. Here's the deal--they have themed design competitions, derbies, for t-shirt designs. For instance, the shirts that are selling right now had the theme of "Sun". People vote, then the #1 shirt is sold on Friday, #2 on Saturday, and #3 on Sunday. The rest of the days of the week, random non-winners from previous derbies are sold. Shirts are $10 plus tax, no shipping. Only available one day, unless they make the all-time bestsellers list. A fabulous rare shirt for $10.60 or so, pretty cool. I buy them all the time for me and my kids.

So, this atrocity to the left won the "Sun" derby. Now, I am no astronomer, in fact I have never even taken astronomy, but this shirt is just wrong. I'm pretty sure it's impossible for the sun to break apart like this, considering it is all gas. Not solid, gas. Sure, there are some changes in the core due to the pressure, heat, and gases, but this is over the top. And how about those solar flares? A solar flare is one of the theories of what may have happened to the dinosaurs. If there were a solar flare, those people would be goners long before what's on this shirt.

Maybe I'm being too harsh here. The art is remarkable, I would buy it if it made more sense, but I just can't. Click the image to go to shirt.woot. 2nd place will be shown and available for purchase at midnight, hoping the voters were smarter on that one.