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06
How Big Are Solar Flares?
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How Big are Solar Flares? This brief entertaining and informative video answers the question! The source video for the flare comes from NASA’s SDO : www.flickr.com For another perspective on the size of the flare see NASA’s related image size comparison: www.flickr.com For further…
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MASSIVE Solar Explosion Flare Captured by NASA in HD webcam video An extremely impressive solar flare was captured by NASA on February 24, 2011. The footage they released was vertically oriented so I transformed it to be horizontal. This flare was captured in ultraviolet light and a…
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June 6th, 2011 at 10:55 pm
@lekotar yes, it is kind of a curious effect of the lines of magnetism that the eruption follows. Good observation!
June 6th, 2011 at 11:15 pm
I like how some of the stuff got sucked back. Sick.
June 7th, 2011 at 12:11 am
Great Video Scott, just a small request that you speak slower and clearer through some statistics
June 7th, 2011 at 12:43 am
Thanks for the video, buddy!
June 7th, 2011 at 1:41 am
huge
June 7th, 2011 at 2:40 am
@thecrazyhenchman Thank you for your compliment!
June 7th, 2011 at 3:38 am
@theratssbb yes, having some perspective really opens one’s eyes to the true size of solar flares!
June 7th, 2011 at 4:14 am
nice video scott good animations
June 7th, 2011 at 4:44 am
Amazing how big that things are
June 7th, 2011 at 4:45 am
@HaloTowerPower2000 very cool, was the size of solar flares covered as well? If not you might want to visit the video response “How big are solar flares?” below to get a good idea of their enormity. Cheers!
June 7th, 2011 at 5:01 am
i heard about this a few weeks ago in school.
June 7th, 2011 at 5:54 am
cool
June 7th, 2011 at 6:45 am
@Cautelah hello again, the latest video I have published on YouTube shows how big this flare was. It’s final length was equivalent in size to approximately 30 earths! I am going to make the other video a response to this video so that it can be more easily found. Cheers!
June 7th, 2011 at 7:29 am
Love the description lol
June 7th, 2011 at 7:53 am
@Cautelah I am planning on making a video to demonstrate just that actually. It is hard to appreciate how massive this flare is without some perspective. Thanks!
June 7th, 2011 at 8:42 am
Wish I could see the Earth size comparison in this video.
June 7th, 2011 at 9:38 am
the Sun is becoming angry
June 7th, 2011 at 10:12 am
@FrontViewBoys Don’t go to that website. It’s full of virus.
June 7th, 2011 at 10:21 am
What is reddit?
June 7th, 2011 at 10:40 am
O.O there goes my GPS….
June 7th, 2011 at 10:57 am
@SamPD2 Hello, what did you mean?
June 7th, 2011 at 11:02 am
Yeah… Wait till the comments show up…