MBP at 160degF while watching youtube vids?

I have been watching youtube vids for the past 30 mins or so. All of a sudden i her the fans on my MPB spin up, first time i have heard them do this. (its 3 days old :D)
I look at iStat and i see this:
http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/7585/screenshot20091105at149.png
Why is it getting so hot? What can i do to prevent this?
MBP 15" 2.8 / 4GB / 9400 Active / SL 10.6.1
Laptop is closed on my desk connected to my HDTV at 1080P. I use Firefox as my web browser, latest version.

Hi Think,
Youtube videos (or anything that uses Flash, which Youtube does) are extremely CPU intensive, which creates heat. Your temperatures are not out of line though, 158ºF roughly equals 70ºC which is just fine for an operating temperature. Yes, it is a little warm, but its not going to do any damage. If you see greater than 200ºF then perhaps start to worry, but you shouldn't see temps that high.
My personal opinion on Flash is this:
Flash is, more often than not, used on the internet for advertisements. I don't really want to see too many advertisements, so I use an awesome Safari plugin called ClicktoFlash that basically loads a grey box in the place of flash content. If I decide that that content is something I'd like to view, then I simply click on the grey box. This stops Flash from running unnecessarily (which wastes CPU, generates heat, and decreases battery life).
Even better, it forces Youtube to load the H.264 versions of its videos. H.264 is a much higher quality and more efficient way of distributing video than Flash. Youtube began converting all its videos to H.264 a while ago, and so now the majority of them can be found in H.264. The result is higher quality videos on Youtube, less CPU use, less heat, and better battery life! Pretty good deal if you ask me!
You and others may want to try it out. It'll reduce your heat and increase battery life by a lot when using the web in general, but especially when using Youtube.
--Travis

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