Wonders, Large and Small

An image released by NASA on March 5, 2012 is a view of a X1 solar flare in a new active region on the sun. It has let loose two M-class flares and one X-class so far. The M-class flares erupted on March 2 and on March 4. The third flare, rated an X1, peaked at 10:30 ET on March 4.(AP Photo/NASA)












A McDonald's Chicken McNugget found by Rebekah Speight of Dakota City, which she believes resembles President George Washington is placed next to a U.S. quarter dollar bearing the image of the president. Speight sold the three-year-old nugget for $8,100 on eBay. (AP Photo/Sioux City Journal, Nathan Robson, File)