Wonder of ScienceApr 18, 2023

Loops of superheated plasma larger than the Earth dancing across the Sun, recorded by the Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft.

Credit: SDO/NASA Goddard
Further reading: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sdo/news/coronal-rain.html

SDO Shows A Little Rain On the Sun

On July 19, 2012, the sun treated viewers to one of its dazzling magnetic displays -- a phenomenon known as coronal rain.

NASA
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@wonderofscience

Video of the roiling, glowing hot orange surface of the sun with plasma bursting up from and falling in a loop pattern back into the surface. A dot representing the Earth is superimposed on the image to show how relatively tiny it is compared to the size of large plasma formation. #AltText #AltText4You

Apr 18, 2023 at 3:22pmWeb
Show threadWonder of ScienceApr 18, 2023
@sbtan Thank you, I've added your description.
Show threadSuzApr 18, 2023
@wonderofscience You’re welcome! That video is amazing, in the true sense of the word.