Timelapse of a massive X9.05 flare as seen by SDO #shorts #sun #aurora

Earth-facing X-class flares and the accompanying coronal mass ejections (CMEs) typically produce aurorae here on Earth that can stretch down into mid-latitude areas. Keep your eyes peeled this weekend!

I assembled this animation of ultraviolet imagery from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). It is looped and progressively slowed down to show how spontaneous these eruptions are… from seemingly no where the magnetic field pops and erupts. The interval between frames is 10-20min. Let me know if you like these remixes of professional data and I can share more. Hope you enjoy!

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2024-OCT-03
X9.05 Flare at 12:39 UTC
SDO Tri-Band Blend
211, 193, 171 A in RGB
Courtesy of NASA/SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams

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When the big boop happens we won’t have a lot of time to watch videos of it. Amun Ra has a good grandpa-like energy to him but in the same regards our ancestors will tell him when and where we cross the line into shamelessness and oblivion