Coronal Rain on the Sun | Captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory Spacecraft. скачать в хорошем качестве

Coronal Rain on the Sun | Captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory Spacecraft.

On July 19, 2012, an eruption occurred on the sun that produced a moderately powerful solar flare and a dazzling magnetic display known as coronal rain. Hot plasma in the corona cooled and condensed along strong magnetic fields in the region. Magnetic fields, are invisible, but the charged plasma is forced to move along the lines, showing up brightly in the extreme ultraviolet wavelength of 304 Angstroms, and outlining the fields as it slowly falls back to the solar surface. These images were taken by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory's Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) instrument from 12:30 a.m. EDT to 10:00 p.m. EDT on July 19, 2012.