Wonder of ScienceJul 29, 2023

One of the most spectacular coronal mass ejections from the Sun ever captured by NASA's SDO spacecraft.

Credit: NASA​/​SDO
Widescreen 4K version on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NkQmnuCsGM

Sun Launches Spectacular Coronal Mass Ejection in 4K 60fps

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Show threadWm.sonJul 29, 2023

@wonderofscience

Does anyone know the speed that ejection was going. (I could look it up, but rabbit holes are my nemesis...)

Show threadKevin Boyd (he/him) 🇨🇦
@Sfwmson @wonderofscience 900 kilometres per second. It reached earth within 4 days.
Jul 29, 2023 at 5:33pmWeb
Show threadWm.sonJul 30, 2023

@kboyd @wonderofscience

Thank you so much...I did end up in a rabbit hole, anyway, but it was about Putin.