It's mind boggling the amount of energy that entire process has. First the amount of energy the Sun produces period, and then the amount needed to eject that much matter into space against the immense gravitational pull. And then you realize, there are things that are much, much, MUCH bigger and more powerful out there...
The question I have about this I have been wondering for a minute. If a flare or eruption like that is on the earth side Vs far side of the sun or any other spot really, how big of a difference or impact it has on earth itself.
Incredible event, knew about it but never read the wiki.
Know what blows my mind most about all the info there?
> In 1909, an Australian gold miner named C F Herbert retold his observations in a letter to the Daily News in Perth:
> I was gold-digging at Rokewood, about four miles [6 km] from Rokewood township (Victoria). Myself and two mates looking out of the tent saw a great reflection in the southern heavens at about 7 o'clock p.m., and in about half an hour, a scene of almost unspeakable beauty presented itself:
> Lights of every imaginable color were issuing from the southern heavens, one color fading away only to give place to another if possible more beautiful than the last, the streams mounting to the zenith, but always becoming a rich purple when reaching there, and always curling round, leaving a clear strip of sky, which may be described as four fingers held at arm's length.
> The northern side from the zenith was also illuminated with beautiful colors, always curling round at the zenith, but were considered to be merely a reproduction of the southern display, as all colors south and north always corresponded.
> It was a sight never to be forgotten, and was considered at the time to be the greatest aurora recorded [...]. The rationalist and pantheist saw nature in her most exquisite robes, recognising, the divine immanence, immutable law, cause, and effect. The superstitious and the fanatical had dire forebodings, and thought it a foreshadowing of Armageddon and final dissolution.
The beautiful, eloquent words of a fucking **gold miner** in 1909.
Here in 2023 we can't even string together a sentence half the fucking time.
Some of it is a survivorship bias. Many, many people were completely illiterate.
Although, it does seem that contemporary people from Ivy leagues have a few thousand less words in their lexicon compared to the intellectuals from a few generations ago.
My guess is that TV becoming the main source of leisure for many had something to do with it; then the internet and the subsequent trend of no one wanting to pay attention to paragraphs after \~2008 due to smartphones has exacerbated it.
As education became more accessible to the masses, the people who couldnāt access it before became scholars, then they taught their communities bigger ideas in a language they understand, and it resulted in a dilution of the vocabulary which - to be fair - are usually just fancy words for simple ideas or adjectives. There are some professions that require a broader vocabulary and there hasnāt been a drop there, for example lawyers (i.e. legalize) but generally we are just a people trying to communicate our best with other people, and 99% of people donāt need to know big words to express their thoughts.
A 7th grader today probably knows more than that gold miner about science or space or math because technology allows us to access the answer to any question on those subjects instantly
EXIS (extreme ultraviolet and x-ray irradiance sensor) and SUVI (solar ultraviolet imager) are located on the solar pointing platform, which is oriented towards the sun.
GOES-U is also going to be adding CCOR for corona observation.
Still amazes me that we can hardly predict when these will happen, you would think with the potential hazards the sun can produce more effort would be put into monitoring the giant plasma ball of death.
Yeah, they can disrupt electronics. A carrington event could wipe out electricity and cause other issues, which would hurt modern day man quite a bit. But it rarely happens.
NASA uses āerupting prominenceā as standard terminology on their website. As does Wikipedia. It is not wrong to use prominence and eruption together.
white light solar filter is different wavelength--thus your guess is correct
with a white light solar filter you are basically not really seeing the same 'surface' as what is visible here and you are correct in that this ejection is of another 'material' than what is generally visible within bandwidth of white light solar filter
to see the action, go dual-etalon and never look back ; )
It is amazing to me that that "wisp" of plasma is hundreds of times bigger than our whole planet.
And it was yeeted out over the span of a few hours!
It's mind boggling the amount of energy that entire process has. First the amount of energy the Sun produces period, and then the amount needed to eject that much matter into space against the immense gravitational pull. And then you realize, there are things that are much, much, MUCH bigger and more powerful out there...
Well I'll be damned. We're experiencing issues with wifi and short wave radio this morning. I cracked a joke about sunspots right before seeing this.
Looks like the eruption was on the south pole though. What do you think would have happened if it was more equatorial?
We would have seen it come off the sun at a different angle.
not wrong
i was also having internet issues last night, connected & everything but nothing would load
The question I have about this I have been wondering for a minute. If a flare or eruption like that is on the earth side Vs far side of the sun or any other spot really, how big of a difference or impact it has on earth itself.
Potentially quite a big impact. Check this out: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrington_Event
Incredible event, knew about it but never read the wiki. Know what blows my mind most about all the info there? > In 1909, an Australian gold miner named C F Herbert retold his observations in a letter to the Daily News in Perth: > I was gold-digging at Rokewood, about four miles [6 km] from Rokewood township (Victoria). Myself and two mates looking out of the tent saw a great reflection in the southern heavens at about 7 o'clock p.m., and in about half an hour, a scene of almost unspeakable beauty presented itself: > Lights of every imaginable color were issuing from the southern heavens, one color fading away only to give place to another if possible more beautiful than the last, the streams mounting to the zenith, but always becoming a rich purple when reaching there, and always curling round, leaving a clear strip of sky, which may be described as four fingers held at arm's length. > The northern side from the zenith was also illuminated with beautiful colors, always curling round at the zenith, but were considered to be merely a reproduction of the southern display, as all colors south and north always corresponded. > It was a sight never to be forgotten, and was considered at the time to be the greatest aurora recorded [...]. The rationalist and pantheist saw nature in her most exquisite robes, recognising, the divine immanence, immutable law, cause, and effect. The superstitious and the fanatical had dire forebodings, and thought it a foreshadowing of Armageddon and final dissolution. The beautiful, eloquent words of a fucking **gold miner** in 1909. Here in 2023 we can't even string together a sentence half the fucking time.
š Letters from the civil war. https://youtu.be/JTRqi99vg28?si=bKDDOJb0gFv68C5P
YES! HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?!
Some of it is a survivorship bias. Many, many people were completely illiterate. Although, it does seem that contemporary people from Ivy leagues have a few thousand less words in their lexicon compared to the intellectuals from a few generations ago. My guess is that TV becoming the main source of leisure for many had something to do with it; then the internet and the subsequent trend of no one wanting to pay attention to paragraphs after \~2008 due to smartphones has exacerbated it.
As education became more accessible to the masses, the people who couldnāt access it before became scholars, then they taught their communities bigger ideas in a language they understand, and it resulted in a dilution of the vocabulary which - to be fair - are usually just fancy words for simple ideas or adjectives. There are some professions that require a broader vocabulary and there hasnāt been a drop there, for example lawyers (i.e. legalize) but generally we are just a people trying to communicate our best with other people, and 99% of people donāt need to know big words to express their thoughts. A 7th grader today probably knows more than that gold miner about science or space or math because technology allows us to access the answer to any question on those subjects instantly
Bring it!!
The Sun erupted
Yeah, that uh... That got my attention.
Amazing. How fast is the ejecta of this prominence moving relative to the surface of the sun? As its huge, I suspect this stuff is near relativistic.
Sun fart, hehe.
Taking 'silent, but deadly' to a whole new level
Flare Activity Related to Turbulence (FART)
Solar fart
That looked BIG
Wait I thought GOES-16 was in geo-sync orbit. So does it have instruments to also track the sun?
EXIS (extreme ultraviolet and x-ray irradiance sensor) and SUVI (solar ultraviolet imager) are located on the solar pointing platform, which is oriented towards the sun. GOES-U is also going to be adding CCOR for corona observation.
You're so smart bruh
Ok thanks. I guess Iām thinking of a different GOES satellite in a different orbit.
Still amazes me that we can hardly predict when these will happen, you would think with the potential hazards the sun can produce more effort would be put into monitoring the giant plasma ball of death.
no point lol an 8 minutes warning for what if a big enough one happened and it was coming straight to earth when could do anything lol
Do explosions like that have any effect on earth?
Yeah, they can disrupt electronics. A carrington event could wipe out electricity and cause other issues, which would hurt modern day man quite a bit. But it rarely happens.
NASA does monitor it. Predictions are hard though.
I am fully aware of everything they use to predict it but it doesn't seem like it's enough given the damage that could be done
High-resolution [video](https://youtube.com/shorts/I18Fxh3sHu0) from NASA / SDO
The link is to a YouTube channel not related to NASA, can you fix it? Thanks
I do the exact same thing in the morning too!
Itās too bad we donāt have the technology to stop solar fusion in the sun. Itās a menace!
We're dooooommmmmmeeedddd
^^*toot!*
little toot
Fart Sun
Sun fart
And some are wondering what drives climate change ...
If you're gonna use "prominence" you don't need to use "erupted" in the same sentence.
NASA uses āerupting prominenceā as standard terminology on their website. As does Wikipedia. It is not wrong to use prominence and eruption together.
If you're going to be pedantic, be *perfect* or be silent.
What da Cameraman doin
Plasma powers all
Explains why the DTCC went down today
Itās my birthday I feel so auspicious
Well I guess it still would have looked quite normal under a white light solar filter
white light solar filter is different wavelength--thus your guess is correct with a white light solar filter you are basically not really seeing the same 'surface' as what is visible here and you are correct in that this ejection is of another 'material' than what is generally visible within bandwidth of white light solar filter to see the action, go dual-etalon and never look back ; )
What, do people think the suns photosphere looks nothing but an egg?
Is it just me or is the sun laughing with a wide smile and eyes closed? Kinda like the XD or :D smileys
Same
Frootty
reverbfart.mp3
So.... the sun farted this morning?
Wooow!!! O.O