February 23, 2012
The latest period of heavy solar flares erupting on the surface of the sun continues (as do the beautiful auroras that they create for us to see here on Earth).
Solar flares are actually great bursts of superheated plasma. There is a NASA satellite that can capture amazingly detailed images of the sun’s surface, and scientists pieced together photographs snapped every five minutes to create this amazing video of recent solar activity.
Each of the loops of plasma that you see in this video is two to three times larger than Earth. What an amazing sight!
You can see more photographs and learn more in Seymour Simon’s book, THE SUN.
Posted by: Seymour Simon
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