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Erupting Solar Filament Forms Butterfly-wing Pattern

Erupting Solar Filament Forms Butterfly-wing Pattern

Image credit: NASA/SDO/H.Zell

Uploader comment: An erupting magnetic solar filament generates two large waves of plasma traveling in opposite directions, forming a butterfly wing pattern on the solar surface.

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February 27, 2012, 3:09 pm

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