Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Sick solar flare

February 24, the satellite SDO (Solar Dynamics Observatory) captured this spectacular solar flare. A huge amount of plasma (ionized gas) is projected from the chromosphere, the lower part of the solar atmosphere, just above the surface of the star, gushing like lava from a volcano.The solar flare lasted about 90 minutes and thanks to the images taken every 24 seconds



Spectaculaire éruption solaire by sciencesetavenir

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