A Solar Eruption in 5 Steps (VIDEO)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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Follow the evolution of a jet eruption in this video, which uses a 3-D computer simulation of the breakout model to demonstrate how a filament forms, gains energy and erupts from the sun.

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/ARMS/Genna Duberstein, producer

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