Plasma Rain

On April 19, AIA observed one of the largest prominence eruptions in years. The huge structure erupts, but a great deal of the plasma (hundreds of millions of tons) is unable to escape the gravitational pull of the Sun and falls back down as "plasma rain." As the rain impacts the surface, bright flashes can be seen as the momentum is absorbed on impact. SDO is the first observatory to capture both the rain and the impacts, allowing us to learn a great deal from observations like this.

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[Extreke]

@bumpkin2143 its a spec of dust caught on the camera

[MilwaukeeMark]

Cat hairs are straight. This is clearly a pube.

[crazymadman3]

@SPKaa lol

[abrsudheer]

wow. one hot rain

[petersenjmp]

syuck my shorts

[SPKaa]

@miragex485 It's a rip in the fabric of spacetime caused by the solar coronal mass ejection!! No just kidding, it's only the watermark left behind by the Illuminati who get first views of all new astrophysical vids.

[sweettina2]

wow, awesome

[Jogannez]

A*mazing..!!! if you like this, check out "the Silence of the Sun" watch?v=Qb4g7Ay-dII

[loveneko31]

oh~there is something on the lens! 0.0

good video~

[miragex485]

What's with the cat hair on the lens? Catliens? hahahaha.

[naturalyshocked]

you need carbon/calcium and water to form live, atleast.

aperrantly algue from the sea created the oxigen.

because i have heard / seen many times and it proven by air trapped in ICE on the poles, the Co2 in the atmosphere was very high in the past.

but i learned one thing in my live, from very very young on, no religion was involved.

: )

in 2010 there are still people that believe that the sun orbits the earth, even here in western europe you can find them.

Religion SHOULD BE PUNISHED by law.