NASA captures video of solar eruption

NASA’s official Twitter account shared a video caught by their Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) on 18 June: an eruption on the sun “escaped” and grew into a coronal mass ejection. According to a Tweet by @NASASunEarth, the SDO was around 93 million miles away from the sun when it recorded the video.

 

NASA said that the video has been sped up—the actual eruption happened over the course of 4 hours.

 

We caught an eruption that escaped the sun, growing into a giant cloud of solar material. @NASASunEarth https://t.co/teYRnNWdHA

— NASA (@NASA) June 30, 2015

 

This video is an example of a coronal mass ejection, a phenomenon where a cloud of solar material hurtles out into space. (http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/the-difference-between-flares-and-cmes) — TJD, GMA News