NASA On Air: NASA's SDO Catches Arching Solar Eruption (7/2/2015)

  • Released Thursday, July 2, 2015
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LEAD: NASA caught a spectacular solar eruption this June.

1. The solar explosion threw out a giant cloud of solar material.

2. The activity is shown here in ultraviolet light that has been colorized in red.

TAG: The surface temperature of the sun is over 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit.

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See http://www.history.nasa.gov/EP-177/ch3-2.html

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

This page was originally published on Thursday, July 2, 2015.
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  • NASA On Air: NASA's SDO Catches Arching Solar Eruption (07/02/2015) (ID: 2015059)
    Wednesday, July 1, 2015 at 4:00AM
    Produced by - Ted Krumbach (Raytheon)