SOHO Images

[AudioShockwav]

The Sun has been putting on a little show.....

 

[AudioShockwav]

In an event reminiscent of some of the Discovery Channel Mythbusters' most spectacular explosions, the Sun on June 7, 2011, starting at about 06:41 UT unleashed one of the most spectacular prominence eruptions ever observed, in fact, one could call it a "prominence explosion". But this explosion was larger by far than any rigged by Mythbusters: the prominence material expanded to a volume some 75 times as big across as the earth!!

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SOHO Hotshots

 

[Se7en]

hey that's neat!
will check out SOHO

 

[Robb]

A little show?

That is enormous!

 

[AudioShockwav]

Ya I agree!, If you go down load and view the Vid`s from the sight it is awesome!
When you start to think how friggin big that thing is.......all you can say is WOW.

The thing i find unbelievable is that the Explosion blast`s all that material out into space, and the sheer gravity sucks it right back in......
I have always liked looking in on the SOHO site, have for years, the little picture in my signature is linked to SOHO, that is why I give credit to them.
They spend Billions of dollars to keep a watchful eye on old sol.
If you have time to go back through the gallery, there are some awesome images there, but this is right up there at the top.

73
Jeff

 

[Robb]

I use SpaceWeather.com for day-to-day sun spot reports

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Works for me.

 

[522]

just watched a few vids on SOHO, and wow... jaw dropping once you try to put that into perspective !

 

[mackmobile43]

Mind boggling how long and hot that SOB has been burning.

 

[gamegetter]

i remember this back in june, i had no dx conditions and the sounds on the radio were of magnetic interference.

communications were definitely affected in some places, i remember reading of airplane flights that were rerouted because of areas that were being affected and would lose radio comms