Amazing video of massive solar flare erupting from surface of Sun
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Uploaded by RussiaToday on Feb 27, 2011
NASA's Solar Dynamic Observatory filmed images of a large solar flare on February 24 2011. The (M3.6 rating) event is not the strongest solar flare ever recorded but was still big enough to kick up a huge tendril of plasma, known as a solar prominence. The entire eruption lasted for about 90 minutes. Thursday's flare was the latest in a recent series of of sun storm emissions, but its blast was directed away from the Earth and is not expected to pose any disruption to satellites or other electronic systems. Scientists use a three tier system to classify solar flares; Class X are the largest and most powerful, Class M are medium but still considered very large, while Class C are the weakest.."
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that came for the earth???
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@zimtower Actually millions of years, if not hundreds of millions :)
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@XaviNL lol that flare is waaaay wider than the earth! You can fit 1 million earths inside the sun :)
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The Sun is certainly enjoying itself.
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@kludgeon En wie laatst lacht , best lacht !
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How big was that flare? 10k, 20k kilometers wide?
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@SandyTownsleyTV It is not fake; it was really observed by one of the satellites that are used to study the sun.
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I Really Like The Video From Your event is not the strongest solar flare ever recorded but was still big enough to kick up a huge tendril of plasma, known as a solar prominence.
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Your Video Is Very Useful Sharing The (M3.6 rating) event is not the strongest solar flare ever recorded but was still big enough to kick up a huge tendril of plasma, known as a solar prominence.
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amazing flame is amazing
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Even the sun thinks lighting farts is cool.
kludgeon 2 months ago 32
so, i see we finally got a webcam on the sun... cool
akon1397 2 months ago 22