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Solar Ballet on the Sun

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This four–hour event occurred from 10:20 am to 2:20 pm EST and was captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory in extreme ultraviolet light shown here at a high cadence of an image every 36 seconds. Credit: NASA/SDO

A solar eruption gracefully rose up from the sun on December 31, 2012, twisting and turning. Magnetic forces drove the flow of plasma, but without sufficient force to overcome the sun’s gravity much of the plasma fell back into the sun.

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The Earth is superimposed on this image to give readers a sense of the scale. The length of the eruption extends about 160,000 miles out from the Sun. With Earth about 7,900 miles in diameter, this relatively minor eruption is about 20 times the diameter of our planet. Credit: NASA/SDO/Steele Hill

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For answers to your space weather questions, please visit the Spaceweather Frequently Asked Questions page.

Susan Hendrix

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.

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Gangnam style, way to go son... I mean sun. :passifier:

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Glad one of those things don't lash out and get us. Makes you really see how big the sun is.

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