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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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