“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 twisted over a 90-minute period… read more”
The good folks at NASA captured this on February 24, 2011 and it helped reacquaint me with just how small and insignificant I am – a realization I always find is tremendously freeing. If you are as fascinated about this kind of stuff as I am you’ll probably enjoy reading more about solar prominences on wikipedia.
[ NASA's SDO Captures a Monster Prominence [video] via Gizmodo ]
posted by respondcreate on Mar. 07, 2011 in Videos | tags: astronomy, humbling, nasa, nature, space, sun, trippy