June 27, 2013 - Corona Mass Ejection

CaliforniaMama · 06-28-2013, 04:06 AM

NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory

(Kind of reminds me of a scene from This Is the End.)

Lamplighter · 06-28-2013, 08:51 AM

A few days ago, I saw an image of the aftermath of that CME.
There was actually a "hole" created in the surface of the sun
where temperatures are lower than surrounding areas.

I have not yet found the link to that news article,
but in the Gallery of CM's link there is an pic below
close to what I remember. The blue areas are cooler "hole"

Adak · 06-30-2013, 07:25 PM

If all goes well (no rogue huge asteroid smashes us to bits), a CME will be hitting what's left of the earth, as the sun begins to change into a red giant, followed by it morphing into a dwarf star, by a huge compression.

When the world ends, it's by fire, barring cosmic wandering disasters.

ZenGum · 07-01-2013, 01:35 AM

The diameter of that loop is probably ten or twenty times that of the Earth. The sun is a mighty beast.

SPUCK · 07-01-2013, 05:53 AM

There goes the neighborhood.

06-28-2013, 04:06 AM	#1
CaliforniaMama I wonder . . . Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The Left Coast, a pretty good place to be. Posts: 1,278	June 27, 2013 - Corona Mass Ejection NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory (Kind of reminds me of a scene from This Is the End.)

06-28-2013, 08:51 AM	#2
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	A few days ago, I saw an image of the aftermath of that CME. There was actually a "hole" created in the surface of the sun where temperatures are lower than surrounding areas. I have not yet found the link to that news article, but in the Gallery of CM's link there is an pic below close to what I remember. The blue areas are cooler "hole" Attached Images

07-01-2013, 01:35 AM	#4
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	The diameter of that loop is probably ten or twenty times that of the Earth. The sun is a mighty beast. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

06-30-2013, 07:25 PM	#3
Adak Lecturer Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 796	If all goes well (no rogue huge asteroid smashes us to bits), a CME will be hitting what's left of the earth, as the sun begins to change into a red giant, followed by it morphing into a dwarf star, by a huge compression. When the world ends, it's by fire, barring cosmic wandering disasters.

07-01-2013, 05:53 AM	#5
SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,911	There goes the neighborhood.

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