Friday, October 25, 2013

Watch the Sun Split Apart

Watch the Sun Split Apart:
An enormous rift opens in the Sun's photosphere after a prominence lifted off on Sept. 29 (NASA/SDO/AIA)
An enormous magnetic rift opened in the Sun’s lower corona after a filament lifted off on Sept. 29 (NASA/SDO/AIA)
Here’s your amazing oh-my-gosh-space-is-so-cool video of the day — a “canyon of fire” forming on the Sun after the liftoff and detachment of an enormous filament on September 29-30. A new video, created from images captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) and assembled by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, shows the entire dramatic event unfolding in all its mesmerizing magnetic glory.
Watch it below:
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