PIA22050: Quick Solar Outburst
 Target Name:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  SDO
 Instrument:  Atmosphere Imaging Assembly
 Product Size:  1800 x 1902 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  SDO
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA22050.tif (6.312 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA22050.jpg (178.9 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

A small eruption blew a bright, disjointed stream of plasma into space (Oct. 18, 2017). The source of the blast was just out of sight beyond the edge of the sun. Images from SOHO's coronagraph instruments show a bright loop of material heading away from the sun near this same area. The video, taken in extreme ultraviolet light, covers just two hours of activity.

Movies
PIA22050_Quick_burst_big.mp4
PIA22050_Quick_burst_sm.mp4

SDO is managed by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. Its Atmosphere Imaging Assembly was built by the Lockheed Martin Solar Astrophysics Laboratory (LMSAL), Palo Alto, California.

Image Credit:
NASA/GSFC/Solar Dynamics Observatory

Image Addition Date:
2017-10-23