NASA SDO - Massive Solar Eruption Close-up

[ZListon]

The Music. What is the music?

[DJStickyKeys]

ITs amazing, Solar Flares can be big enough to fit 3 earths inside of them. These flares also release trillions of x-rays and gamma rays into space.

[belovelife]

at 1:00 is that lightning?

[adam3176]

when do you stat to question if what you are seeing is really what you think you are looking at? hollywood took over naza fools, NEW WORLD ORDER 90% Depopulation soon... have a good day

[Tolusca]

If this little thing is the real sun, i cant imagine how big these fire waves are.. D: would be awesome if we could watch it from blind eye...

[Milen3212]

Is that a disaster... ? =\\

[stephenramsden]

wow!



[randy25rhoads]

Does 304, 211, and 171 refer to the wavelength of the light captured in the image? As in 304nm, 211nm, and 171nm?

[Amunnubz]

@randy25rhoads NASA.gov's page states that the SOHO observatories view the Sun at wavelengths corresponding to 304, 195, and 284 nanometers respectively. Those numbers are probably changeable and the color of the 304 image on the site corresponds with the image in this video, so it's a safe assumption to say you're right.

[Amunnubz]

solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/sun­time/slshow5.stm for source and extra info.

[siteswap1]

@randy25rhoads Yes, the number does correspond to wavelength, but the units are Angstroms (1 Angstrom = 0.1 nm). So, the wavelengths are 30.4nm, 21.1nm, and 17.1nm.