SDO: Pick of the Week (2013 Mar 22)
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 5:46 pm
Graceful Eruption
A solar prominence began to bow out and the broke apart in a graceful, floating style during a little less than four hours (Mar. 16, 2013). The sequence was captured in extreme ultraviolet light. A large cloud of the particles appeared to hover further out above the surface before it faded away.
Credit: NASA/GSFC/SDO/AIA << Previous SDO
A solar prominence began to bow out and the broke apart in a graceful, floating style during a little less than four hours (Mar. 16, 2013). The sequence was captured in extreme ultraviolet light. A large cloud of the particles appeared to hover further out above the surface before it faded away.
Credit: NASA/GSFC/SDO/AIA << Previous SDO