SDO: Pick of the Week (2012 May 04)

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SDO: Pick of the Week (2012 May 04)

Post by bystander » Fri May 04, 2012 11:06 pm

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An active region spurted off at least half a dozen solar flares and numerous other small bursts of plasma over about 36 hours (Apr. 29 - May 1, 2012). The bright active region, viewed in extreme ultraviolet light by Solar Dynamics Observatory, must have had a tangled magnetic field for it to erupt so frequently. None of the flares were major, but they made for a nifty movie.

Credit: NASA/GSFC/SDO/AIA
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Re: SDO: Pick of the Week (2012 May 04)

Post by Beyond » Sat May 05, 2012 12:08 am

Heh, i was expecting a bit more to qualify as 'nifty'. But then, it was a lot better then humongus and pointed in our direction :!:
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