sirmitchell:

On August 31, 2012 a long filament of solar material that had been hovering in the sun’s atmosphere, the corona, erupted out into space at 4:36 p.m. EDT. The coronal mass ejection, or CME, traveled at over 900 miles per second. The CME did not travel directly toward Earth, but did connect with Earth’s magnetic environment, or magnetosphere, with a glancing blow. causing aurora to appear on the night of Monday, September 3.

Holy shit that is huge. Earth would be this big next to it.

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    On August 31, 2012 a long filament of solar material that had been hovering in the sun’s atmosphere, the corona, erupted...
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    Is it just me or does the flare look like a person reaching out?
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    Click the link to the image of Earth compared to the CME. Wow.
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