Solar Orbiter Captures Giant Solar Eruption | ESA/NASA

Solar Orbiter Captures Giant Solar Eruption | ESA/NASA

The Full Sun Imager of the Extreme Ultraviolet Imager on board the European Space Agency/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft captured a giant solar eruption on February 15, 2022.

Solar prominences are large structures made of tangled magnetic field lines that keep dense concentrations of solar plasma suspended above the Sun’s surface and often take the form of arching loops.

This is the largest solar prominence eruption ever observed in a single image together with the full solar disc. They are often associated with coronal mass ejections, which if directed towards Earth, can wreak havoc with our technology and everyday lives.

This coronal mass ejection was not directed at Earth. In fact, it was traveling away from us. 

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Credit: European Space Agency (ESA)

Image Date: February 15, 2022

Release Date: February 18, 2022

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