Video : Sun Fire Tongue waves Greater Than Earth

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Sun Fire Tongue waves Greater Than Earth
Video : Sun Fire Tongue waves Greater Than Earth. Giant wave superheated solar plasma, which is larger than the size of the Earth, erupting from the Sun on Friday, October 19, 2012. Spectacular phenomenon was captured by the space shuttle United States Space Agency (NASA). Giant flames (Prominence) arose about 4:15 pm EDT, 08:15 GMT and recorded in detail using a camera mounted on the Solar Dynamics Observatory satellite.

"The process was only going for 10 hours, before disappearing out of sight," said media specialist NASA, Steele Hill in the photo description eruption Sun. "The particles are ejected amount many times the size of Earth." Solar Dynamics Observatory shows the sun burst in the form of a thin reddish orange wave that extends from the bottom right of the Sun. Images are recorded with extreme ultraviolet wave 304 Angstroms.

Flames (Prominence) is a shot from the edge plasma in the Sun glasses or telekop spacecraft. The structure is formed by extreme magnetic fields. A number of similar burst of flame that relatively small only survive in a few minutes. Other more stable, persisting in a matter of hours or even days. Solar Dynamics Observatory is one of a number of spacecraft to perform oversight functions attached to solar flares to track the sun (solar flares), are also associated with other space weather events.

To note, the Sun is currently in the active phase of the 11-year solar weather cycle. The Solar activity is expected to peak in 2013.

The sun weather cycle is now known as Solar Cycle 24. Meanwhile, the Solar Dynamics Observatory has been observing solar weather activity since it launched in 2010.

souce : Space.com

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