Solar Filament Eruption (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Solar Filament Eruption

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Banner image: A long filament erupted on the sun on Aug. 31, 2012, shown here in imagery captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/SDO

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