Very Hot video of Tsunami on Sun, page 1
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Topic started on 3-4-2008 @ 12:12 AM by antar
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Astronomers have captured the first footage of a solar "tsunami" hurtling through the Sun's atmosphere at over a million kilometres per hour.



reply posted on 3-4-2008 @ 02:06 PM by Jbird
Although not frequent events this is not new.

Still very impressive to watch though, especially when considering the scale!

Here's a rare capture from an Earth based telelscope , from December 2006

tsunami-like shock wave

www.space.com...
The tsunami-like shock wave, formally called a Moreton wave, rolled across the hot surface,
destroying two visible filaments of cool gas on opposite sides of the visible face of the Sun.

...Flares like this one are spawned by sunspots, which are dark, cool regions that cap magnetic activity below.
When the caps pop, colossal doses of superheated matter and radiation are unleashed.


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