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Good morning RP. Today's video clip (0:08) is titled "A Solar Prominence Eruption from SDO." The Solar Dynamic Observatory spacecraft imaged an impressively large prominence erupting from the surface of our Sun in 2011. The explosion was captured in ultraviolet light in the featured time lapse video covering 90 minutes, where a new frame was taken every 24 seconds. To give you a sense of perspective size-wise, Earth would have been completely encompassed by the wave of matter shown in the clip.
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Maj William W. 'Bill' Price thank you for the awesome read and share coming from above (Astronomy). Well received and depicted profoundly on this Sunday Morning.
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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 twis...
Thank you, my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA video of the day for May 26, 2019 entitled "A Solar Prominence Eruption from SDO."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=PBL1RBj-P1g
Breathtaking event for 8 years ago.
"Explanation: One of the most spectacular solar sights is an erupting prominence. In 2011, NASA's Sun-orbiting Solar Dynamic Observatory spacecraft imaged an impressively large prominence erupting from the surface. The dramatic explosion was captured in ultraviolet light in the featured time lapse video covering 90 minutes, where a new frame was taken every 24 seconds. The scale of the prominence is huge -- the entire Earth would easily fit under the flowing curtain of hot gas. A solar prominence is channeled and sometimes held above the Sun's surface by the Sun's magnetic field. A quiescent prominence typically lasts about a month, and may erupt in a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) expelling hot gas into the Solar System. The energy mechanism that creates a solar prominence is still a topic of research. After our Sun passes the current Solar Minimum, solar activity like eruptive prominences are expected to become more common over the next few years."
Thank you, my friend SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL for mentioning me.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=PBL1RBj-P1g
Breathtaking event for 8 years ago.
"Explanation: One of the most spectacular solar sights is an erupting prominence. In 2011, NASA's Sun-orbiting Solar Dynamic Observatory spacecraft imaged an impressively large prominence erupting from the surface. The dramatic explosion was captured in ultraviolet light in the featured time lapse video covering 90 minutes, where a new frame was taken every 24 seconds. The scale of the prominence is huge -- the entire Earth would easily fit under the flowing curtain of hot gas. A solar prominence is channeled and sometimes held above the Sun's surface by the Sun's magnetic field. A quiescent prominence typically lasts about a month, and may erupt in a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) expelling hot gas into the Solar System. The energy mechanism that creates a solar prominence is still a topic of research. After our Sun passes the current Solar Minimum, solar activity like eruptive prominences are expected to become more common over the next few years."
Thank you, my friend SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL for mentioning me.
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Awesome video clip and share for this morning Bill! Keep them coming brother. Have a wonderful Sunday Maj William W. 'Bill' Price!
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