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Video of sun's surface shows solar rain, eruptions and coronal moss
- eps 3y agoDirect link to the source - https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Missions/Solar_Orbiter/(result_type)/videos https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Missions/Solar_Orbiter/(r...
- DemocracyFTW2 3y agowhich begs the question—are there Coronal Moss Ejections?
- Eddy_Viscosity2 3y agoIts wild to realize that bright thing in the sky we like to feel the gentle warmth of on nice day is actually a continuously raging thermonuclear explosion.
- garblegarble 3y agoUnclear from the ESA site how much this is sped up, but they say it was filmed over one day. You can see the curviture of the sun, so it's not zoomed in all that much - so these are massive, fast-moving structures!
- amatecha 3y agoSo cool. Even better, you can see a clear version of the video without annotations/highlights here: https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2024/04/The_Sun_s_fluffy_corona_in_exquisite_detail_-_unannotated_version https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2024/04/The_Sun_s_...
- bamboozled 3y agoSo beautiful