Close-up image of a solar mass ejection
Close-up image of a solar mass ejection
This close-up of the Sun from 13 August 2018 shows a burst of charged particles rising and spinning before falling back into the Sun. Emitting light in the extreme ultraviolet range, such events are difficult to detect unless they occur at the edge of the Sun. At its peak, the plasma loop reaches a span several times the diameter of Earth.
Credit:
Solar Dynamics Observatory, NASA