SDO: Pick of the Week (2012 Aug 27)

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All Day Sparkler

The outpouring of plasma in all directions from an active region suggested the visual look of a streaming sparkler. In this one-day close-up video (Aug. 22-23, 2012) in the 171 Angstrom wavelength of extreme ultraviolet light, the streaming is constant, intermixed with several brighter bursts. To suggest a sense of scale, about ten Earths could fit across this image.

Credit: NASA/GSFC/SDO/AIA

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