ThePitt Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 NASA's solar orbiter captured an enormous eruption from the sun today, Space.com reports. The "beautiful prominence eruption" occurred at 1:45 p.m. ET and was captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory. Although visually spectacular, the resulting solar flare registered only in the middle of the intensity scale (M1.7 class). No danger to Earth, however. The burst of super-hot plasma, called a coronal mass ejection, went in another direction. But the sun is in an active stage of its 11-year cycle, which is expected to peak next year. NASA has posted some very cool video of the blast. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2012/04/satellite-captures-giant-eruption-from-sun-today/1?csp=34news Steven P. 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OOOOOOOO Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Gotta be honest .... we're pathetic. That s**t is power. lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astra.Xtreme Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Wow, that is a massive flair. :| If that only was considered a medium blast, I'd like to see what a full-fledged mega flair looks like. I'm also curious what the real-time speed of the flair is. I'd have to imagine that video is drastically sped up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shakey Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rev Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Wow, that is a massive flair. :| If that only was considered a medium blast, I'd like to see what a full-fledged mega flair looks like. Don't say that!.... U'll jinx us and we'll get a supernova or something! :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 This flare compared to Earth. Steven P. and +Raze 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remixedcat Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 holy ****!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacer Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Truly awesome, in every meaning of the word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted April 20, 2012 Member Share Posted April 20, 2012 That was awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Raze Subscriber² Posted April 20, 2012 Subscriber² Share Posted April 20, 2012 WOW!! I love it! The Evil Overlord 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javagreen Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Damn son :omg: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirEvan Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Wow, that is a massive flair. :| If that only was considered a medium blast, I'd like to see what a full-fledged mega flair looks like. I'm also curious what the real-time speed of the flair is. I'd have to imagine that video is drastically sped up. Flair: (noun) 1.) A special or instinctive aptitude or ability for doing something well. 2.) Stylishness and originality. Flare: (noun): 1.) A sudden brief burst of bright flame or light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted April 20, 2012 Administrators Share Posted April 20, 2012 Looks like the flare from the opening sequence of Star Trek: Voyager :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShareShiz Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 This flare compared to Earth. my GOD :| that thing was huge. didnt look so big compared to the size of the sun. but compared to earth. wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fusi0n Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 thats crazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shakey Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 my GOD :| that thing was huge. didnt look so big compared to the size of the sun. but compared to earth. wow. What's funny is, we still can not really comprehend the size of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre S. Veteran Posted April 20, 2012 Veteran Share Posted April 20, 2012 What's funny is, we still can not really comprehend the size of it. And the sun is a relatively small star. And the largest stars are speckles of dust in a galaxy. And galaxies are speckles of dust in the universe.The Universe is pretty huge. :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Remember this was an M class flare. This is an X class flare from the SOHO spacecraft - the white circle on the blocking disc shows the size of the sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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