NASA | A Big Blast

A beautiful prominence eruption producing a coronal mass ejection (CME) shot off the east limb (left side) of the sun on April 16, 2012. Such eruptions are often associated with solar flares, and in this case an M1 class (medium-sized) flare occurred at the same time, peaking at 1:45 PM EDT. The CME was not aimed toward Earth.

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[SNoRRo]

Sun: Wait.. I think I have to..... BLLURGHHGGHHG

[swiessin]

This prominence eruption reached about 198,000 miles off the "surface" of the sun. The Earth is around 98 million miles away, so it wasn't even close. The frames were taken 36 seconds apart from each other; the actual event lasted several hours. The Solar Dynamics Observatory collected the images and they are in extreme ultraviolet. This red-colored wavelength is 304 angstroms, which shows plasma at around 50,000 Kelvin. You can't see this with the naked eye.

[Kurt Elliott]

that's nothing compared to my farts

[pottyscottystudios]

Soooo we are going to have blckouts, no GPS, no aircraft....seems ok...wait...NO TV!!!!!!!!!

[pottyscottystudios]

It might have just been interference :)

[Fuck2Arabs]

So that's how the sun's fart looks like! He makes a mess every time he farts! Wonder if he wears any dipper!

[Harrewho]

198,000 is roughly 0,2% of the total distance between the sun and earth if what you're saying is correct! It would most definitely not be visible to the naked eye! Why would you even stare in to the sun like that anyways? x)

[selenamentoz]

what was that lightening type thing at 0:4 did anyone else see that

[TheSupercraft88]

LMFAO!

[braindigga]

Haha.

[DilawarSD]

was it the actual speed of the event?