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Wonder of ScienceOne 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
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The CME shown was captured by NASA's SDO spacecraft on Aug 31, 2012. The CME was not aimed directly at Earth, but did connect with Earth's magnetosphere, causing spectacular auroras on the night of Sep 3, like this one captured over Whitehorse, Yukon by David Cartier, Sr.
Source: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/news/News090412-filament.html
Source: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/news/News090412-filament.html
Son Light Life@wonderofscience Absolutely wonderful and at the same time humbling! And they still say there is no Creator?
Neutronstar21
rexi@sonlightlife @wonderofscience
great. I get to be 'them'.
there is no creator!
this proves the opposite, if you can manage to think it through.
HawkmoonWhat is the CME?
Hobson Lane@wonderofscience
Hard to imagine that's an actual photons-hitting-the-CCD video and not CGI! So gorgeous. We, these tiny specs of life, are staring out with our tiny little eyes and satellites and telescopes at an awe-inspiring universe of chaos and turmoil and beauty.
@joaocosta
Hard to imagine that's an actual photons-hitting-the-CCD video and not CGI! So gorgeous. We, these tiny specs of life, are staring out with our tiny little eyes and satellites and telescopes at an awe-inspiring universe of chaos and turmoil and beauty.
@joaocosta
Wustin@wonderofscience the sun about to put this video on their OnlyFans
Wm.sonwell it sure look hot!
Meercat ✅
@wonderofscience Beautiful photography
danimo 🏳️🌈@wonderofscience I always wonder with these impressive videos how far this is from a real-time representation. So at what speed the ejection actually takes place.
🚀 Ⓛ Ⓐ Ⓤ Ⓡ Ⓔ Ⓝ Ⓣ 🛸 🪐@danimo @wonderofscience according to the comments in the YouTube video, the cme moves 900 miles per second. Sorry to not have the time to convert this antiquated measurement into in SI units
skry@lfourrier @danimo @wonderofscience According to the Aurora forecast at the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center, forecast lead time is 65 minutes.
https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/aurora-30-minute-forecast
@lfourrier @danimo @wonderofscience This commenter said the travel time for CME is about 4 days: https://phpc.social/@kboyd/110798570192210580
Kevin Boyd (@[email protected])
@[email protected] @[email protected] 900 kilometres per second. It reached earth within 4 days.
Layer8Problem@wonderofscience I'll bet that made a mess.
Steve@wonderofscience @joaocosta literally boggles my mind
Does anyone know the speed that ejection was going. (I could look it up, but rabbit holes are my nemesis...)
Kevin Boyd (he/him) 🇨🇦@Sfwmson @wonderofscience 900 kilometres per second. It reached earth within 4 days.
Thank you so much...I did end up in a rabbit hole, anyway, but it was about Putin.
Aviva Gary
Scrambles@wonderofscience Beautiful!
Axe Akane@wonderofscience wow that's amazing!
artisanrox
Just Me@wonderofscience
#AltText4You
This is a very short video. See OP.
"One of the most spectacular coronal mass ejections from the Sun ever captured by NASA's SDO spacecraft"
Chris BussardCan't help but think of this: https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-truth-by-stanislaw-lem/
East Of The Rockies@wonderofscience
Amazing and humbling.
Such immense raw power.
In a galactic context, we are pretty low down on the food chain.
Insects and gods.
Amazing and humbling.
Such immense raw power.
In a galactic context, we are pretty low down on the food chain.
Insects and gods.
@wonderofscience
Such a warm and charismatic individual.
Such a warm and charismatic individual.
AlexThat’s frightening and amazingly beautiful all in one package. It boggles the mind to think about all the wonders out there in the universe.