Wednesday 28 January 2015

Sun-Earth eclipse from Space

Sunrise from Space :: Apollo 12 :: November 1969 coming home from the moon  ::  NASA
16mm motion picture camera    :::   S80-37406 (14-24 Nov. 1969)

Thursday 15 January 2015

Biggest solar flare of 2014

X4.9-class solar flare viewed with AIA 304 ::  25. February 2014  ::  Image Credit: NASA/SDO
Massive X4.9-class solar flare: a coronal mass ejection (CME), a giant burst of plasma
at an expansion velocity near 2,000 km/s (measurement of Radio emissions from shock waves)

The sun is currently in the active phase of its 11-year solar cycle.

Solar Storms supercharge Earth's northern lights.

Image Credit: NASA/SDO

Solar Flare June 2014

almost 24 hours of Solar Flare 10.6.2014

Thursday 1 January 2015