NASA | Massive Solar Eruption Close-up
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On June 7, 2011 the Sun unleashed an M-2 (medium-sized) solar flare with a spectacular coronal mass ejection (CME). The large cloud of particles mushroomed up and fell back down looking as if it covered an area almost half the solar surface.
SDO observed the flare's peak at 1:41 AM ET. SDO recorded these images in extreme ultraviolet light that show a very large eruption of cool gas. It is somewhat unique because at many places in the eruption there seems to be even cooler material -- at temperatures less than 80,000 K.
This video uses the full-resolution 4096 x 4096 pixel images at a 1 minute time cadence and to provide the highest quality, finest detail version possible. It also shows the event in multiple wavelengths.
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The sun is creepy
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Got any tums
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Omg nothing can destroy the sun is just incredible
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really really interesting.
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damn sun you scary
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love the work here
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really informative and interesting
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@BRANSCOMBEx The next solar maximum is currently predicted for late 2013 or 2014. Solar maximum is usually associated with a higher rate of coronal mass ejections, which can indeed cause electrical disruptions to an unprotected power grid. But satellites such as ACE give advance warning of CMEs, and utility companies can then power down the grids to protect them.
NASAexplorer 8 months ago 18
maybe if you showed the replay in a few more colors i'd be able to understand whats going on here
Chr0mePisto1a 7 months ago 4