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NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration A filament (which at one point had an eerie similarity to a snake) broke away from the Sun and out into space on Nov. 1, 2014. This video covers just over three hours of activity. Watch: youtu.be/XfJasw4N5-A This kind of eruptive event is called a Hyder flare. These are filaments (elongated clouds of gases above the Suns surface) that erupt and cause a brightening at the Suns surface, although no active regions are in that area. It did thrust out a cloud of particle... See More 00:18 UnlikeUnlike ·
Posted on: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 16:19:50 +0000

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