NASA | Fiery Looping Rain on the Sun

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Eruptive events on the sun can be wildly different. Some come just with a solar flare, some with an additional ejection of solar material called a coronal mass ejection (CME), and some with complex moving structures in association with changes in magnetic field lines that loop up into the sun's atmosphere, the corona.

On July 19, 2012, an eruption occurred on the sun that produced all three. A moderately powerful solar flare exploded on the sun's lower right hand limb, sending out light and radiation. Next came a CME, which shot off to the right out into space. And then, the sun treated viewers to one of its dazzling magnetic displays -- a phenomenon known as coronal rain.

Over the course of the next day, hot plasma in the corona cooled and condensed along strong magnetic fields in the region. Magnetic fields, themselves, are invisible, but the charged plasma is forced to move along the lines, showing up brightly in the extreme ultraviolet wavelength of 304 Angstroms, which highlights material at a temperature of about 50,000 Kelvin. This plasma acts as a tracer, helping scientists watch the dance of magnetic fields on the sun, outlining the fields as it slowly falls back to the solar surface.

The footage in this video was collected by the Solar Dynamics Observatory's AIA instrument. SDO collected one frame every 12 seconds, and the movie plays at 30 frames per second, so each second in this video corresponds to 6 minutes of real time. The video covers 12:30 a.m. EDT to 10:00 p.m. EDT on July 19, 2012.

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I love how this goes on during our days and a lot of us do not stop to think about what is really going on around us. Things we cannot even comprehend.

angelperez
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It's amazing how that much gas and energy can continue for billions of years,

davidlambert
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I am curios what the actual sound of the Sun would be.

GlossaME
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How did they get so close without anything burning? Or without anything failing?
I'm really taking an interest any knowledge is appracaited 😊

craigkent
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Wish there was like a 10 hour version of this, very relaxing

Zenryoushin
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This is one of the most impressive videos I have ever seen.

josef
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Awe inspiring. It's like an ocean of fire. Very calming.. U can measure with Earth given to scale as reference, the magnificence and limitlessness of the Sun. Hands down, this wins over all kinds of fantastic artificial animations, given the realism depicted here. As real as it can get.

yashaswikashyap
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The size of the magnetic loops is just staggering...continent and earth-sized blobs raining down in magnificent cascades! This is without a doubt one of the most beautiful solar videos I've ever seen, thanks to the amazing "eyes" of science!

RichardFeynmanRules
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We live in amazing times, to be able to see this awesome sight.

june
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Does anyone find this really calming? I do.

DesignatedSarah
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Mind-boggling to think how that one flare could douse several Earths in an instant with all-consuming fire

raychances
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The music for this video is so fitting, it really captures the beauty and strength of the Sun! This video also really shows how small we really are... This one is totally one of my favorites :)

spaceprofiles
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1:05 "Earth to Scale" --> mind blown away

peterpan
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NASA, even though you are from USA..you represent all of humanity.Thank you

crummmycheese
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It’s so amazing to see the activity of the sun’s surface

yessir
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The stuff that happens in space routinely is just insane. The scope and scale compared to what we see on earth just shows how insignificant we are a species in the grand scale of the universe. Heck just our solar system.The stuff we have come up with as humans is just a joke really.

wildwest
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This background music kindly relaxing on our mind right now

abaricobarterenjoshl.
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For some reason I get very emotional when I watch this video. I couldn't find any word to describe why I feel.

gagarinone
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This is possibly the most awe-inspiring display of natural beauty ever. I am outraged by the 144 dislikes, no doubt from people who live in their own little bubble of plasma

ElectricSkyUK
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In front of such fantastic show of power, we must bow our heads in humility..

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