What is really mind blowing is that the Earth is about as big as your mouse cursor in relation to the Sun in the video.When a rather large-sized (M 3.6 class) flare occurred near the edge of the Sun, it blew out a gorgeous, waving mass of erupting plasma that swirled and twisted over a 90-minute period (Feb. 24, 2011). This event was captured in extreme ultraviolet light by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft . Some of the material blew out into space and other portions fell back to the surface. Because SDO images are super-HD, we can zoom in on the action and still see exquisite details. And using a cadence of a frame taken every 24 seconds, the sense of motion is, by all appearances, seamless. Sit back and enjoy the jaw-dropping solar show.Credit: NASA/GSFC/SDO
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That flare is amazing, it looks so majestic. How far does that reach out?
ReplyDeleteWow that is awesome, what a powerful force of the sun!
ReplyDeletenice, it's like a wave of lava
ReplyDeleteAmazing. I didn't know that they can take such accurate pictures of the sun.
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