Waspie_Dwarf Posted October 4, 2014 #1 Share Posted October 4, 2014 NASA's SDO Watches Giant Filament on the Sun A snaking, extended filament of solar material currently lies on the front of the sun-- some 1 million miles across from end to end. Filaments are clouds of solar material suspended above the sun by powerful magnetic forces. Though notoriously unstable, filaments can last for days or even weeks.NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, which watches the sun 24 hours a day, has observed this gigantic filament for several days as it rotated around with the sun. If straightened out, the filament would reach almost across the whole sun, about 1 million miles or 100 times the size of Earth. Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted October 4, 2014 Author #2 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Two SDO images of the sun showing the filament have been posted in the Sun, Eclipses and Transits section of UM's Space Exploration gallery: SDO Watches Giant Filament - 193+335 Wavelength SDO Watches Giant Filament - 304+193 Wavelength Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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