Solar Flare APOD from May 02, 2006

[Sungazer]

Just a quick note to Robert and Jerry to say thanks for using my solar image as an APOD.



Getting an image published is always exciting! I received 30 emails from all over the world asking about the shot. Seeing it translated into all those languages is mind boggling. My site got 30, 000 page loads yesterday alone. Amazing!

Thanks again for such a wonderful website. The courtesy you extend to amateur imagers is beyond measure.

Enjoy the sun,

Greg Piepol
http://www.sungazer.net

APOD
2006 May 02 http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060502.html
2005 Nov. 26 http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap051126.html
2005 April 22 http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050422.html
2004 Dec. 6 http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap041206.html

[makc]

My site got 30, 000 page loads yesterday alone. Amazing!
...
2006 May 02 http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060502.html
2005 Nov. 26 http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap051126.html
2005 April 22 http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050422.html
2004 Dec. 6 http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap041206.html

I wonder if you have similar statistics for dates around your past APODs, so we could have an idea of how APOD site popularity was changing over times. I realize it will be multiplied by "interest factor" of corresponding image, but still such data would be interesting.