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NASA Video of Sun's Phoenix Prominence Eruption

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NASA Video of Sun's Phoenix Prominence Eruption

video: Over a six-hour period on April 21, 2015, NASA's Solar Dyanmics Observatory (SDO) observed a wing-like prominence eruption. SDO views the sun in various wavelegnths of the extreme ultravoilet, including 171 (shown in gold) and 304 (shown in orange) angstroms. view more 

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center


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