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A First for NASA's IRIS: Observing a Gigantic Eruption of Solar Material (Amazing Video)
NASA ^
| 5-30-2014
| Karen Fox
Posted on 05/30/2014 5:53:31 PM PDT by equalator
A coronal mass ejection, or CME, surged off the side of the sun on May 9, 2014, and NASA's newest solar observatory caught it in extraordinary detail. This was the first CME observed by the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, or IRIS, which launched in June 2013 to peer into the lowest levels of the sun's atmosphere with better resolution than ever before. Watch the movie to see how a curtain of solar material erupts outward at speeds of 1.5 million miles per hour.
(Excerpt) Read more at nasa.gov ...
TOPICS: Astronomy; Miscellaneous; Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: cme; iris; nasa
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posted on
05/30/2014 5:53:31 PM PDT
by
equalator
To: equalator
Not headed this way is it?
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posted on
05/30/2014 5:56:39 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Imagine the horror if it did, and iPhones were knocked offline. People wouldn’t be able to download their porn, and post photos to snapchat. The horror.
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posted on
05/30/2014 6:09:14 PM PDT
by
equalator
To: BenLurkin
IRIS is in a polar LEO, so its POV is our POV, and it looked like the ejection was pretty much perpendicular to the line of sight.
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posted on
05/30/2014 6:12:55 PM PDT
by
dr_lew
To: equalator
Get your marshmallows ready.
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posted on
05/30/2014 6:16:16 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
("No man left behind" is more than an Army Ranger credo it's the character of America.)
To: equalator
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posted on
05/30/2014 6:18:20 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(Fegelein! Fegelein! Fegelein!)
To: TigersEye
never feed marshmallows to a Grizzly bear like this:
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posted on
05/30/2014 6:19:29 PM PDT
by
equalator
To: equalator
Just a matter of time....we are due....
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posted on
05/30/2014 6:20:56 PM PDT
by
Cold Heat
(Have you reached your breaking point yet? If not now....then when?)
To: equalator
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posted on
05/30/2014 6:21:08 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(I'm a pessimist, I say plenty of negative things. Consider it a warning of sorts.)
To: equalator
From the video caption:
The field of view seen here is about five Earths wide and about seven-and-a-half Earths tall. That's some freaky shiite right there.
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posted on
05/30/2014 6:22:56 PM PDT
by
workerbee
(The President of the United States is DOMESTIC ENEMY #1!)
To: wastedyears
That’s a lot of gas. :D
I guess, though I swear my dog has larger gas eruptions than that, nightly! : (
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posted on
05/30/2014 6:24:59 PM PDT
by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: equalator
Thanks! I will avoid doing that from now on. lol
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posted on
05/30/2014 6:39:00 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
("No man left behind" is more than an Army Ranger credo it's the character of America.)
To: brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; steelyourfaith; Mmogamer; dayglored; ...
Thanks equalator, extra to APoD.
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posted on
05/30/2014 6:48:27 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: SunkenCiv
I wonder if zer0 knows they’re taking time off from their muslim outreach program.
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posted on
05/30/2014 6:50:35 PM PDT
by
ComputerGuy
(BS, MS, PhD and a BMF besides)
To: equalator
To quote Paris Hilton, “that’s hot”.
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posted on
05/30/2014 7:08:00 PM PDT
by
NCC-1701
(I am proud of what America USED TO BE.)
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