A beautiful prominence eruption shot off the east limb (left side) of the sun on Monday, April 16, 2012. Such eruptions are often associated with solar flares, and in this case an M1 class (medium-sized) flare did occur at the same time, though it was not aimed toward Earth. This event, which is still in progress, was seen by NASA’s SDO satellite.
View a video of this event here: www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/7084820027
Credit: NASA/GSFC/SDO
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Jaya C., 365Trucking, [j]tOy_, eclectico63, and 175 other people added this photo to their favorites.
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365Trucking 13 months ago | reply
Amazing
isteigentlichegal [deleted] 13 months ago | reply
wow
Miserere 13 months ago | reply
Nice!
Child of the King Photography 13 months ago | reply
Amazing!!
Hno Jorge de la Cruz 13 months ago | reply
Incredible!
boeggies_prambudianto 13 months ago | reply
amazing perfectly!
apophisnico 13 months ago | reply
so pretty but so scary!
Unlucky_Alf [deleted] 13 months ago | reply
Outstanding shot.
FlipMode79 13 months ago | reply
Hot Damn!
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ak.flickr 13 months ago | reply
Just wow
VictoriaLima8 13 months ago | reply
WOW! I love it! This is giving me goosebumps!
DarkAngelDay 13 months ago | reply
Fantastic!
JeromeG111 13 months ago | reply
Awesome photo, great shot.....the power in such an event must be unimaginable.
Nibiruano 13 months ago | reply
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marcellucray 8 months ago | reply
..lightning