Awesome NASA footage captures sun shooting giant strands of plasma (VIDEO)
@NASA capture strands of plasma at the sun's edge in 22-hour time-lapse pic.twitter.com/i50lAnfJ3G
— Colm McGlinchey (@ColmMcGlinchey) May 9, 2017
The 40-second video consists of a series of images captured over a 22-hour period between May 2 and 3. Magnetic forces pulled at the strands, turning them into twisting lines that stretched across the surface of the sun.
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory used a camera which isolates ultraviolet light to capture the mesmerizing show. Despite being several times the size of the earth, according to NASA, the strands are not expected to cause any havoc elsewhere in the solar system.
In 2014, powerful blasts from the sun struck the earth in a solar storm, causing minor disruption to power grids, satellites and radio communications.
Anticipate auroras: Second solar storm sweeps Earth after ‘extreme’ sun flare http://t.co/aFposOQzhIpic.twitter.com/Hvisy5VjDO
— RT (@RT_com) September 12, 2014
Next year, NASA plans to launch the Solar Probe Plus (SPP), a spacecraft that will fly closer to the sun than ever before.
'Touch the sun': NASA plans daring mission to help solve solar mysteries https://t.co/RMHvP2wpDGpic.twitter.com/jDitHdqqfz
— RT (@RT_com) February 27, 2017
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