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
Show threadMennoApr 18, 2023
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What's the time scale on this?
This has to be accelerated, but I wonder by how much.
Show threadRoby-Niais de Haut-Tiède
@MennoWolff @wonderofscience From the orignal NASA link : "each second in this video corresponds to six minutes of real time"
Apr 24, 2023 at 8:09amWeb