Solar Tsunami Oct 22 2011

A solar tsunami was seen at the seen on October 22


Some info on solar tsunami

Solar tsunamis were discovered in 1997 by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO). In May of that year, a CME came blasting up from an active region on the sun's surface, and SOHO recorded a tsunami rippling away from the blast site.

Solar tsunamis pose no direct threat to Earth, but they are important to study.
"We can use them to diagnose conditions on the sun," notes Gurman.
"By watching how the waves propagate and bounce off things, we can gather information about the sun's lower atmosphere available in no other way."
"Tsunami waves can also improve our forecasting of space weather," adds Vourlidas, "Like a bull-eye, they 'mark the spot' where an eruption takes place. Pinpointing the blast site can help us anticipate when a CME or radiation storm will reach Earth."

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Here are some videos from the event recorded by the SDO satellite in different wavelengths.



That close up is amazing!

Article and movie of the first solar tsunami recorded
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Now that is wild.



Very amazing.

Another video showing the scale of the event.

If you know the size comparison earth-sun you can imagine what it will do to the earth.

Yowzers...

Thanks for sharing.

Great Videos!

Thank you for that excellent videos and useful information ..



I did not see that "Sun tsunami " because I work on something else ..

I post some images of that CME, maybe you like some ..

www.abovetopsecret.com...

Peace ..

nice videos