The largest solar prominence in 15 years

[crazyeddie]

The old girl is coming back to life, it would seem:


NASA's STEREO spacecraft has captured spectacular images of a solar eruption, the largest solar prominence in 15 years.

The activity was caught on camera in extreme UV light as the prominence blasted away from the sun on April 12 and April 13.

Watch the video:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/1 ... 41035.html

 

[EarthlingX]

How do you like this ( i might check about HD ):

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxx8RCXAVZQ[/youtube]

It is also here :

SDC : Solar Cycle Progression

I missed the one you posted. There could be a couple more - i have not checked every red line.

 

[StarRider1701]

The old girl is coming back to life, it would seem:

Cool video, thanks. But the "old girl" is "coming back to life..."??? :?

I wasn't aware that our sun was anything more than middle aged nor that she had died.

 

[EarthlingX]

This is also in the above linked thread :

Activity on 2010/04/19 :

( HD available )
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GybG9MzarHs[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-om3FIzFTgQ[/youtube]

 

[MeteorWayne]

I'm going to merge the the threads and delete the resultant duplicate posts a bit later today.

 

[crazyeddie]

The old girl is coming back to life, it would seem:

Cool video, thanks. But the "old girl" is "coming back to life..."??? :?

I wasn't aware that our sun was anything more than middle aged nor that she had died.

"old girl" is a term of endearment. And "coming back to life" simply means the solar cycle is becoming more active.