mothernaturenetwork:Photo of the day: Stunning coronal mass ejection erupts from SunA long filament
mothernaturenetwork:Photo of the day: Stunning coronal mass ejection erupts from SunA long filament of solar material that had been hovering in the sun’s corona erupts out into space on Aug. 31. Traveling at over 900 miles per second, the coronal mass ejection did not travel directly toward Earth, but it did connect with Earth’s magnetosphere, causing auroras to appear in the night sky on Sept. 3.Nuclear fire exploding off the sun at 900 miles per second? Fuuuuck. -- source link