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The Sun seen by SDO - March 2012

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Nasa/Novapix

Reference

a-sol02-40028

Date

2017-03-23

On March 2, 2012, a giant eruption of solar material exploded up off the surface of the right side of the sun, as captured in this image from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. Known as a prominence eruption, most of the material usually falls right back down on to the sun.